UK UK- Joy Hewer, 50, Teacher/church volunteer, sexually assaulted & fatally stabbed in chest, apartment set on fire, Walthamstow, 17 Oct.1995 *REWARD*

[Konstantin]

When she wasn't volunteering for her church, Joy volunteered for local charities, helping homeless people and drug addicts.

So perhaps the connection to her killer could have been more charity than church related.

Did any of the people she helped ever visit her at home?

It seems very reckless to me for a single woman to give out her address to strangers, particularly those who might be unstable, mental health issues, and so on but who knows.

My guess is she did not do so but the killer might have simply found out her address and turned up - but then would Joy really have let such a person in and late at night as well? What did those who knew her best think about that?

 

[tes1984]

Did any of the people she helped ever visit her at home?

It seems very reckless to me for a single woman to give out her address to strangers, particularly those who might be unstable, mental health issues, and so on but who knows.

Joy was a committed Christian and tireless charity worker for the poor and needy.

I can't see her turning away someone with a sob story, or seemingly valid reason, but who knows?