The sister of an Adelaide cold case murder victim has made a desperate plea to the public for answers, visiting the forest where her sister’s body was found almost two decades ago.
Emma Pawelski was 30 years old when her bashed and partially-burned body was discovered by a bushwalker in a remote part of the Mount Crawford Forest in December 2005.
Nearly two decades on, the killer still hasn’t been caught and her sister, Hannah McKell, is more determined than ever to get answers.
“I never thought I would be able to come here,” she told 9News.
“This is the place that has been haunting me for years.”
Emma was last seen alive walking along near Regency Road at Prospect eight days before her body was found.
Hannah, who was 15 at the time, recalls the moment her family’s lives changed forever.
“I was in my room and Mum just bellowed out crying and I can’t forget that still, I can hear that like it was yesterday,” she said.
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No one has ever been charged over Emma’s murder, but police believe she was killed elsewhere before her body was dumped in the forest.
“They went there with the intention to dump her body and again being night time they made this choice, just drive up there and just dispose of her like she was nothing,” Hannah said.
“I just want Emma to know that I love her so much and we really want this solved.”
A $200,000 reward is on offer for information leading to an arrest.
Those with information are urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
