Becky Godden-Edwards: never reported missing as family prayed she was still alive But her family never gave up on her and tried everything to get her the help she needed. Becky was enrolled on drug treatment programmes but without success. In 2001 she received a conviction for theft and her mother said seemed to come to decision that it was time to start turning her life around. But rather than take up the offer of moving back home, she opted to work things out on her own. It was the last time her family saw her, but they remained hopeful that one day she would return having beaten her demons. Her mother continued to buy her birthday cards and presents, intending to give her them when she finally walked back through the door. Tragically Becky was murdered sometime between 2002 and 2003 and her body buried in a shallow grave in Eastleach, Gloucestershire. Her heartbroken family learned of her fate on what would have been her 29th birthday. She had never been reported missing to the police, because her family believed and hoped she was living in Bristol working through her problems. Mrs Edwards said drugs had resulted in her daughter suffering a "horrible life." She said: "Becky gave me so much joy and love as a child however as a teenager she got involved with people who introduced her to drugs. She left school and her life spiraled into some very dark places to feed her addiction. She became a different person. The last confirmed sighting of her alive was on the 27 December 2002 when she was seen in Swindon by a police officer. The circumstances of her abduction and murder and not known and without a confession from Halliwell may remain a mystery. However Wiltshire police have insisted they are continuing to treat her murder as a live investigation and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.