Scots mum desperate for answers over who ransacked dead daughter’s home
25.07.2023 - 04:51
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A heartbroken mum has demanded answers over who ransacked her daughter’s home and took cash from her bank account before she was found dead. The body of 22-year-old Tianna Charite was found by big brother Brandan after he went to her flat in Cupar, Fife, as the family had been unable to contact her for days.
A young man who had been sleeping on a mattress in her living-room, Keiran Nelson, 23, was also dead on the floor of that room. The deaths were ruled as non-suspicious by Police Scotland and put down to drug overdoses.
But Tianna’s mum, Ashley Charite, is now urging police to reopen their investigation after discovering a series of suspicious events around the time of Tianna’s death on May 16.
Ashley said Tianna’s flat had been ransacked and all her jewellery was gone, including a silver locket that contained the ashes and a photo of her premature daughter. Wooden boards on her bed and sofa had been ripped off, indicating someone had been trying to find something in the house.
There was also unexplained activity around Tianna’s bank account about the time that police believe she died. Ashley, 53, a carer who looks after Tianna’s five-year-old son, said: “There were two bodies of young people found dead that had lain there for days.
"You had the flat ransacked, jewellery missing and furniture damaged so we’re pretty sure that people went in and out of the flat while my daughter was dead and took her possessions.
“The door handle was damaged after the flat was locked up, so we know another attempt was made to get in, but why? You also have the bank account activity, which no one can explain to me.
“How do you conclude after a few hours, with all that unexplained, that there were no suspicious circumstances? Now that she’s