Wallpaper designer Florence Broadhurst's granddaughter breaks silence 46 years after her unsolved mu
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Megan Lloyd-Lewis remembers the day she learned that famous Australian textile designer Florence Broadhurst had been ed 46 years ago. One Sunday afternoon, while at home alone sewing a dress, the phone rang. A police officer on other end of line asked speak to his father, Robert Lloyd-Lewis; When he announced he was out, officer passed devastating news then 17-year-old boy. "I don't think they said she was killed at that stage," said Ms. Lloyd-Lewis. "I think the words were that my grandmother was hurt." Broadhurst's designs remain popular for home furnishings. Florence Broadhurst, 78, was brutally beaten at the Paddington factory in Sydney on October 15, 1977. His body was found the next day after a neighbor asked the police to do a health check. A coroner's report said autopsy examination revealed that among Broadhurst's injuries were a broken nose and eye socket, and a fractured skull caused by "10 separate blows to the head." He detailed 's horrific treatment of the designer in moments before he . "It is understood that deceased's head was battered a piece of wood and an attempt was made to suffocate deceased by filling toilet with clothes, filling it water, and forcing victim's head into that water." Florence Broadhurst traveled the world as an entertainer before becoming an artist and wallpaper designer in the 1960s. Three months after the , NSW premier Neville Wran offered a $10,000 reward, but police found no evidence that could lead to their arrest. Nearly 50 years later, his still remains unsolved. There was no forensic investigation, but NSW homicide detectives re-examined the case two years ago. A NSW Police spokesperson said "An investigation initiated in 2021 has been completed without further action." "I... want someone to tell us the truth" “Somehow, somehow, I want to have someone who can tell us the truth – is there anyone in life who can tell the truth,” he said. "The way Nana Broadhurst was taken from us was pretty traumatic in the life of a 17-year-old." Megan, left, and her brother Anthony spent a lot of time with 'Nana Broadhurst' after their mother's death. Born Mount Perry near Bundaberg in the Queensland region, Broadhurst traveled the world as an entertainer before settling Sydney. She became known as a well-established artist wallpaper designer in the '60s '70s, actively stood out from the crowd in Sydney's social scene with her distinctive fiery orange hair stylish outfits. path". “We were so involved in his life … we saw him in his office doing all the paperwork, selling, designing,” she said. Broadhurst often depicted birds, particularly peacocks and cranes, in his designs. Ms Lloyd-Lewis said that when she was a young girl, she became much closer to her grandmother due to tragic circumstances. The eldest of Broadhurst's only sons, Robert and Marlene's five children, Ms. Lloyd-Lewis was mourning the passing of four family members by the time she turned 10. Three of her brothers in infancy - when Morgan was an infan
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