Mr. Speaker, for the third time in less than a year I rise in the House to comment on the murder of a young Surrey girl. In the early hours of September 6, 10-year old Melissa Deley was asleep in her bed, that is until Bret Neff decided to break into Melissa's house.
Neff left the house with the TV, the VCR, the family car and Melissa. Some time over the next few hours, Neff sexually assaulted and murdered Melissa.
Like Fernand Auger before him, Neff spared the Canadian taxpayers a great deal of money by taking his own life.
However we are still left with the legacy of three young Surrey girls, abducted at random by strangers from the street, the workplace and the home, sexually assaulted and murdered.
On this National Victims Day we remember those who fell prey to brutal and cowardly attacks. We must also commit ourselves in this House to ensure that Pamela, Melanie and Melissa did not die in vain.