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AUSTRALIAN tourist Britt Lapthorne is murdered in Croatia. The mainstream media ignore her or abused her.
That is until Tracee Hutchison, a columnist for The Age (Melbourne), began to understand and make sense of Britt’s life and death.
Having called Britt Lapthorne “sunny-natured, seasoned traveller”, sunny antgured and seasoned Tracee begins to recognise the moral of the tale:
Every time I see a photo of an always-smiling Britt Lapthorne — alone or with a group of also-travelling new-found friends — I see myself. Every time I see her parents struggling to cope with the excruciating reality of their situation I see my own parents. Every time I see her shell-shocked brother I see mine. And every time I see her devastated boyfriend having to defend her honour I see my own boyfriend of that time.
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Posted: 12th, October 2008 | In: Back pages | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
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October 12th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Britt’s father is not 100% certain that the body found is that of his daughter. Latest news.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:56 am
DNA test is confirmed. The problem is now how the poor girl went.
Since this is going to be a murder investigation, I’m not going to say too much.
All I’ll say is that the local Croatian community has been rather quiet.
My condolences to the family.