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Paige Doherty: £12,000 raised for family of murdered Scottish teenager | |
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Friends of murdered Scottish teenager Paige Doherty have raised more than £12,000 for her family through two crowdfunding campaigns. | Friends of murdered Scottish teenager Paige Doherty have raised more than £12,000 for her family through two crowdfunding campaigns. |
Ms Doherty, 15, was last seen on Saturday morning. Her body was found on Monday in a wooded area on the outskirts of Clydebank, a town near Glasgow. A police inquiry is underway. | Ms Doherty, 15, was last seen on Saturday morning. Her body was found on Monday in a wooded area on the outskirts of Clydebank, a town near Glasgow. A police inquiry is underway. |
“Woke up this morning to almost £10,000 between the two GoFundMe pages set up by Lynsay and Gail. All that donated by strangers... every one of you guys are absolutely amazing,” said a post on the Help Find Paige Facebook page. | “Woke up this morning to almost £10,000 between the two GoFundMe pages set up by Lynsay and Gail. All that donated by strangers... every one of you guys are absolutely amazing,” said a post on the Help Find Paige Facebook page. |
Lynsay Smith set up a fundraising page which has raised over £6,000 in one day. "All the money raised is to help Pamela [Paige’s] mum and Andrew her step dad with any funeral arrangements and anything else to ease the pain that they are going through at this time,” she wrote. | Lynsay Smith set up a fundraising page which has raised over £6,000 in one day. "All the money raised is to help Pamela [Paige’s] mum and Andrew her step dad with any funeral arrangements and anything else to ease the pain that they are going through at this time,” she wrote. |
A similar campaign set up by Gail Duncan has also raised more than £6,000, which will also be donated to the family along with money raised from dance competitions at the Isobel Donnelly dance school, of which Ms Doherty was a member. | A similar campaign set up by Gail Duncan has also raised more than £6,000, which will also be donated to the family along with money raised from dance competitions at the Isobel Donnelly dance school, of which Ms Doherty was a member. |
Police have launched a public appeal to ascertain Ms Doherty’s last movements on Saturday. A Police Scotland investigator said the force are “keeping an open mind” about the possible reason for the attack, but that they would not rule out a “sexual motive,” according to the Daily Mirror. | Police have launched a public appeal to ascertain Ms Doherty’s last movements on Saturday. A Police Scotland investigator said the force are “keeping an open mind” about the possible reason for the attack, but that they would not rule out a “sexual motive,” according to the Daily Mirror. |
Ms Doherty left her friend’s house after a sleepover at around 8:15 on Saturday, to travel by bus to a hairdressers where she worked. She bought a sausage roll from the Delicious Deli in Clydebank on the way to her bus stop, however it is not known whether she arrived at the stop. | Ms Doherty left her friend’s house after a sleepover at around 8:15 on Saturday, to travel by bus to a hairdressers where she worked. She bought a sausage roll from the Delicious Deli in Clydebank on the way to her bus stop, however it is not known whether she arrived at the stop. |
Pamela Munro, Ms Doherty’s mother, said in a Facebook post: "We are absolutely devastated, as will many people who know her will be xxx." | Pamela Munro, Ms Doherty’s mother, said in a Facebook post: "We are absolutely devastated, as will many people who know her will be xxx." |
Other tributes for Ms Doherty, who was described by superintendent Duncan Sloan as a “very kind girl, well known in the community and popular,” were left on the crowdfunding pages. | Other tributes for Ms Doherty, who was described by superintendent Duncan Sloan as a “very kind girl, well known in the community and popular,” were left on the crowdfunding pages. |
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