Amanda EdwardsGAZETTE & HERALD: ANGUISHED parents Lee and Beverely Edwards hope their year long wait for answers following the murder of their daughter Amanda is nearly over.

An inquest into her death is set to be held on June 26 and 27 at Devizes or Swindon and the family hope it will help them understand more about what led to her death.

Amanda, who worked as a nursery assistant at Little Foxes Nursery in Brinkworth, disappeared on April 8 2004 and her body was found a week later on a building site in Malmesbury.

Wiltshire's head of CID Paul Howlett promised a year ago that despite the death of prime suspect Ian Cortis the police inquiry would be as meticulous as if a trial was to be held.

The inquest will also record a verdict on the reason for Cortis' death. Mr and Mrs Edwards, of Blacklands, Purton, say they fear that Amanda's killer has taken some of the answers with him to the grave. Mrs Edwards said: "People need to know exactly what happened.

"It is going to be very upsetting to us, but I am just praying it is going to help someone else."

Cortis's suicide at the home of his estranged wife's father in Woodsage Close, Calne means there will always be unanswered questions for the Edwards family. "I don't feel that we have had justice. It was the easy way out, the coward's way out," said Mrs Edwards.

Amanda's fianc, David Board from Calne, shared her parent's nightmare on the day she went missing. He became worried when she did not return his calls or texts.

Since the tragic events of last April residents, friends and workmates of Amanda have joined in offering support and raising funds for memorials.