Kylee Guy’s plea for answers
Ten years after he was shot dead, Scott Guy’s widow, Kylee, has issued a fresh appeal for anyone with information about one of New Zealand’s highest-profile unsolved killings to come forward.
‘‘I would like to thank all of those people who continue to support us, but ask that, please, if you have any information that could help the police bring justice for Scott, please, I’m begging you to share it,’’ she said in a statement to Stuff.
‘‘We deserve to know what happened.’’
She said not a day went by when she didn’t think about Scott.
The 31-year-old Feilding farmer was shot dead at the gates of his property while on the way to work at the family farm during the early hours of July 8, 2010.
At the time, Kylee and young son Hunter were in bed inside, oblivious to what happened in the winter darkness. Kylee was heavily pregnant with their second son, Drover, who was born just over two months later.
‘‘We will always love you, our cowboy,’’ Kylee, Hunter and Drover said of Scott in their statement.
The trio live in Hawke’s Bay with Kylee’s new partner, with whom she had a son in 2015.
‘‘It feels just like yesterday and, while it has been 10 years, there is not a day that goes by that we don’t think about our darling Scotty,’’ Kylee said.
‘‘Taking one day at a time to survive this nightmare, I concentrate on raising my three beautiful sons and keeping life as normal as it can be for them.’’
Kylee spoke of the effect of not knowing who killed Scott was having on the family. ‘‘It is not fair that every day we are left to wonder how and why our lives were devastated.
‘‘Our sons need answers so they can stop wondering and start living their teenage lives without these questions hanging over their heads any longer.’’
Scott and Kylee Guy, nee Bullock, married in 2005 and Hunter was born three years later.
Scott Guy’s brother-in-law Ewen Macdonald was acquitted of his murder at a high-profile trial in Wellington in 2012. The Crown argued jealousies over the family farm drove Macdonald to kill.
Lawyers for Kylee Guy requested a coronial inquest into the shooting, but thenPalmerston North coroner Carla na Nagara declined. She said it would ‘‘undermine the integrity’’ of the justice system if Macdonald were compelled to give evidence after he had exercised his right to silence during his trial and there were no other suspects who could be called.
The coroner ruled Scott’s death was either a ‘‘random or opportunistic act’’ or was ‘‘related to issues firmly rooted in his private or personal life’’.
Kylee Guy’s lawyer in 2013, Chris Morris, said she felt it important she, Hunter and Drover could be reassured all steps had been taken to determine the circumstances of Scott’s death. Two years later Kylee Guy called off an 18-month investigation headed by private investigatormike Crawford because of a lack of funds. No information that could be passed to police was uncovered.
Police say anyone with information can contact them on 105.