Family of N.B. homicide victim pleads for answers 7 years after her death

'Someone has to know something that can give us answers about what happened to Lillian,' says Malcolm Squires, Lillian Morrell's brother.

The family of Lillian Morrell, a 49-year-old woman who was found dead in her Moncton, N.B., home seven years ago, is asking for anyone with information to come forward on the anniversary of her death.

“Someone has to know something that can give us answers about what happened to Lillian,” Morrell’s brother, Malcolm Squires, said in a statement. “To anyone out there who has information that could help police, I only have one thing to say – come forward.”

Morrell’s body was discovered in her home on Evergreen Drive the morning of Oct. 8, 2014. While her death was initially not deemed suspicious, police later found evidence that led them to believe it was a homicide, the RCMP said in a release.

The year she was killed, police arrested two people who were later released with no charges.

The New Brunswick RCMP has released three timeframes in Moncton in 2014 “that are of interest as part of the investigation.” They are:

Anyone who was at any of those locations at those times is asked to contact police.

“We know this was seven years ago, but information gathered from those who were in these locations at these specific times could assist our investigation,” Cpl. Hans Ouellette said in a release. “Even the smallest detail could be important.”

Squires’ statement described his late sister as kind-hearted and generous, and someone who would “give the shirt off her back.” She was one of 10 children — the only girl — and their father called her his “pride and joy.”