Lyra Catherine McKee was born in Belfast on 31st March 1990. She is the youngest of six children and was always our mother's baby girl.

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North Belfast was Lyra's home until weeks before her murder when she began to make Derry/Londonderry her home with her partner, Sara Canning. As our mother's main carer, Lyra continued to live with her part-time in Belfast and was planning to propose to Sara in May 2019.

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Like everyone alive, Lyra had her human faults but she was a most caring, kind and generous person who put the needs of others above her own. 

 

Lyra's empathy, energy and fun-loving personality gained her many friends from all walks of life and made her a favourite amongst her nieces and nephews.

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We are all still struggling with Lyra's murder and the untimely death of our mother that followed less than a year later. There is a gaping hole in our lives that cannot be filled and shattered hearts and minds that cannot be mended.

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LYRA DERSERVES JUSTICE.

 

OUR FAMILY DESERVES JUSTICE.

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