'My sweet stepdaughter should be turning 21 - we still don't know why she was killed'
dailystar.co.ukThe stepmum of murdered schoolgirl Jodie Chesney should be enjoying a year to remember.Joanne Chesney is turning 40 while her beloved Jodie was set to be 21 next month.But Jodie’s whole future was cruelly snatched away aged 17 - after being fatally stabbed in the back while sitting on a park bench with her boyfriend.Her “remorseless” teenage killers, Svenson Ong-a-Kwie and Arron Isaacs, have since been jailed for life.
And while Joanne lost her stepdaughter, the duo’s senseless actions in Romford in March 2019 also caused the collapse of her marriage to Jodie's father.
Joanne will now spend June 18 - the day of Jodie’s birthday - reflecting on what could have been.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, Joanne, 39, said: “Her birthday has been on my mind quite a lot.“We should have been celebrating her 18th the year she died and instead of planning her 18th we were planning her funeral.“Twenty- one is the next milestone and that has come along so quickly...
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