Denise Govendir was murdered in her Sydney home in 1998 by an alleged unknown man pretending to be a police officer.
Every day for 25 years, Judy Grant has thought about her "beautiful and generous" sister, "robbed" of life in her home in Sydney's eastern suburbs.NSW Police today announced a $1 million reward for any information about the murder of Denise Govendir on March 10, 1998.
An unknown man allegedly broke into her Dover Heights home sometime before 2am, claiming to be a police officer, before fleeing in her Ford Laser sedan.A coronial inquest between 2005 and 2008 found Ms Govendir died from a blunt force head injury intentionally inflicted upon her."I spoke with Denise on the night she died, very happy she was leaving an unhappy marriage," Ms Grant said.
Judy Grant, pictured next to Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty, hopes a $1 million reward will bring forward information about the murder of her sister."Having found a unit to rent and move into. Dinner parties she would have and generally looking forward to the future.Ms Govendir's husband did not attend the press conference at police headquarters in Parramatta.On March 21, 1998, 11 days after the attack, police located Ms Govendir's car in Rose Bay about 1.
"Her vibrant life was taken away from her, in an act that can only be described as senseless and violent.
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