LOVE YOU FOREVER, MY BEAUTIFUL SISTER
Tributes to Katie Kenyon as body found
HEARTBROKEN relatives of Katie Kenyon yesterday paid emotional tributes to the missing mum of two after police confirmed they had found a body.
A social media post from her sister Jenny said: “Will love you forever and always my beautiful big sister.”
Another read: “Can’t thank everybody enough for the support you have all shown for beautiful Katie and Katie’s beautiful children.”
The 33-year-old vanished more than a week ago.
But detectives said they had found a woman’s body in the Bolton-by-Bowland forest area of Lancashire on Friday night – hours after a man appeared at a court hearing charged with her murder. Police said the body was discovered after they received new information. Det Supt Gary Brooks, head of Lancashire Police’s major
investigation unit, said: “Following extensive police inquiries and after a number of days of searching, I can now sadly confirm we have found a body and we believe it to be that of Katie Kenyon.”
He added: “Katie’s family have been told and my heart goes out to them.” postmortem will now be carried out to try to establish the cause of death.
Katie, of Padiham, Burnley, was last seen at around 9.30am on Friday April 22. It is thought she travelled in a silver Ford Transit van towards the Bolton-byBowland area. Andrew Burfield – who was known to Katie – appeared by videolink from HMP Preston on Friday for the seven-minute court hearing.
Burfield, 50, of Burnley, spoke only to confirm his identity at Preston Crown Court. He was remanded in custody and a trial date was set for November 14.
Katie’s grieving family have set up a fundraising page in a bid to raise £10,000. It will be used to give Katie “the best send-off ” and to “fulfil the dreams she had planned with her children”.