Delia D'Ambra

From everything I've read about John Ward, he went farther than most people are able or willing to go to fight for their murdered child.

But that work wasn't easy on him as a person.

At one point, he told The Guardian's Helen Carter, "...there is no sense of pleasure in finding out who murdered my daughter.

It has been grisly, unpleasant, and nasty work.

From day one, my sole objective has been to catch the bastard who has done this."

I don't think about whether Julie would have been pleased with me or say it is for her memory.

That's all Mickey Mouse stuff.

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In 1998, Julie's mom, Jan, wrote in a book titled Julie Ward, Gentle Nature, about how devastating the entire ordeal was on her family and how their pain never went away.

She penned in part, quote,

You've got to know why and how and who and where.

And you think when you know all that, you will understand and accept it.

But I will never in a million years understand how anybody could kill Julie.

You do feel that somehow when you know everything, you will be able to accept it.

But it's not true.

It's just a stepping stone along the way."

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