'I can't get the image of her lying there out of my head': Locals say death of Croydon girl has 'struck a chord' in community
People who witnessed the shocking murder of 15-year-old Eliyanna Andam yesterday (September 27) in Croydon have been speaking of the harrowing scenes that they saw. One mother had just dropped her children at school and witnessed the moments after Eliyanna was stabbed to death in Croydon. The mother, who only gave her name as Iman, told the PA news agency: “I was driving past when I noticed that somebody was lying down on the floor. "I drove round, parked up and tried to get as close as I could. Two young girls were saying it was a young lady and she had been stabbed in the neck. “I haven’t really slept properly, because I still have that image of her lying there.” READ MORE: Croydon girl, 15, named and pictured for first time as police question teenage boy Eliyanna Andam, 15, was killed in the stabbing yesterday in Croydon whilst she made her way to school (Image: X) The mother, from Streatham in south London, said she saw police officers at the scene t...