An Australian woman who ended up homeless after moving to Washington DC has been found dead days after telling her mum she was “ready to go back” to Australia.
Meghan Godfrey had asked her mum to bring her home in a chilling final email to her family in Australia that simply read: “Come take me home … ready to go back.”
The 27-year-old from Yungaburra in Queensland, who was described as “charming, trusting, personable and full of adventure” by family, ended up on the streets after she was reportedly robbed of her wallet and ID,
Her mother Janelle Moncrieff arrived in the US capital on July 17 after seeing the mysterious email and making the long journey across the Pacific to bring her home.
She spent 10 days working alongside Washington DC Police, Amtrak Police, Union Station security, the Australian Embassy, the Australian expat community and street outreach groups trying to find her daughter.
Local women’s outreach organisation HER Resiliency Centre released snaps of Meghan on social media in the hope of tracking her down.
She was last seen at Washington’s Union Station and described as being in a “vulnerable state”.
Tragically, by the time Meghan’s mother had arrived in the city, Meghan took her own life on July 16.
HER Executive Director Ami M Angell confirmed that Meghan had passed away: “Meghan Godfrey has been identified as the unidentified woman in the missing person composite. Yesterday I went with her mother to ID the confirm identification of the body.”
Ms Godfrey’s mother formally identified the body and is now in the process of bringing her daughter home to Australia.
source: Nz Herald
