Western Mail

Murder mum ‘was treasured by her family’

- Thomas Deacon Reporter thomas.deacon@mediawales.co.uk

A“CARING, kind and selfless” mother-of-two has been named as the victim of a suspected murder.

Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Mary Jordan, 53, was found in a critical condition at a property in Bangor on Monday morning and died in hospital shortly after.

Mrs Jordan’s children have released a tribute as detectives continue to question a 54-year-old local man arrested on suspicion of murder.

A statement issued by Mrs Jordan’s son and daughter said: “It is with the deepest regret that we announce the tragic loss of our wonderful mother, Betty. Her naturally caring, kind and selfless nature was the character trait that everyone knew her for and we as her children knew how much she doted on the two of us.

“Nothing was ever too much for mum to help anyone in need and she always refused any gesture in return. She never passed judgement and treated everyone as her own.

“She was truly loved by family, friends, work colleagues and all who had the pleasure and privilege of meeting her. We are so very proud to be able to call her our mother, best friend and biggest role model in our lives.

“She will live on in our hearts forever and we will ensure that our memories of her will live on for as long as we live.

“To our beloved Mam, we adore you, we treasure you and we appreciate all that you did to ensure that we had the best in life.

“You made a massively brave decision at such a young age to move over to Wales to ensure that we had the best in life and we will forever be grateful for all that you did for us.”

Detectives questionin­g the man arrested on suspicion of murder have were granted an additional 36 hours detention by a ‘special court’ in Caernarfon on Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs Jordan’s body was discovered after emergency services attended a property in Trem y Garnedd at around 9am on Monday.

The murder suspect was later arrested in Felinheli.

Mrs Jordan’s son and daughter also praised the emergency services and support received from the public.

They said: “We also want to extend our sincere appreciati­on to the emergency services who attended the scene with such urgency and have treated us all with the utmost respects and courtesy in our time of need – for that no words can ever describe our gratitude for all involved.

“We would also like to thank everyone for their messages, offers to help in any way possible and for showing our family respect at this devastatin­g time. We will be forever grateful for the community support.”

Officers continue to appeal for informatio­n.

Detectives are also looking for anyone who spotted a black five-door Peugeot 207, registrati­on number DN09 XRG, specifical­ly between 6am and 12.45pm on Monday in the the Trem y Garnedd area of Maesgeirch­en and Fforrdd Siabod area of Y Felinheli.

Anyone with informatio­n is asked to contact NWP via web chat at www. north-wales.police.uk/contact/chatsuppor­t.aspx or call 101 quoting reference number 1711 5243.

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> Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Mary Jordan

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