Libby, are you home yet: Mum explains why she insisted on seeing daughter’s body after she was murdered by butcher
LIBBY Squire’s mum has revealed why she demanded to see her daughter’s body after she was murdered.
Lisa Squire, 49, had taken her daughter back to Hull University just four days before she was raped, murdered and dumped in a river by Pawel Relowicz.
Libby disappeared on her journey home after partying with friends – and was caught on CCTV getting into the Polish butcher’s car.
She was discovered six weeks later on March 20, 2019, in the Humber estuary by a fishing boat – a gold necklace bearing the letter ‘L’ still hanging around her neck.
Now Lisa has explained how she went against police advice to see her daughter’s body after she had been in the water for 48 days.
Speaking on a new Sky documentary, ‘Libby, are you home yet?’ Det Sgt Sam Chester, said: “Once the post-mortem had been concluded Lisa asked to see Libby and she was advised that due to the condition of the body it was not possible.”
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But determined Lisa pushed to see her daughter, despite knowing the state she had been found in.
She explained: “I wasn’t really happy, I wanted to see her, I wanted to be with her. My daughter was dead, that was the most upsetting thing, nothing is ever going to be as upsetting as that.
“It was right for me but it wouldn’t be right for everybody – but it was so right for me and it has helped me enormously.”
Sick Relowicz saw shivering Libby sobbing by the road after losing her keys and falling repeatedly.
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Good Samaritans tried to help her but she became agitated so they left her in the street.
The young woman then begged Relowicz to take her to her mum but the callous killer took her to an isolated park where he raped and killed her.
Relowicz, who worked at a meat factory, dumped her body in the River Hull.
Lisa continued: “Yes, she didn’t look like she did before but she still looked beautiful to me, she was still my little girl.
“I cried a bit, it was just so lovely to be with her, being able to be in the same space as her again.
“I felt so much better having seen her again and being able to say to her I’m here and you’re beautiful. It’s fine, you’re back. You have done a great job and I just want to thank you and she was still my little girl.
“It was really sad but happy at the same time, you know. She did a really good job coming back to me and I will be forever grateful she came back.”
Before he killed Libby, Relowicz had a history of convictions for non-contact sex crimes including voyeurism – and he has never shown any remorse or guilt for his crime.
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Now Lisa is preparing to confront the beast in a bid to find out what happened to her daughter in her final moments – and has praised the killer for his decision to agree to a meeting inside prison.
Libby, Are You Home Yet? is available from 27 October on Sky Crime at 9pm and streaming service Now