Mother in 'living hell' as son's killer still free 12 months on
Ellis Cox was shot on the Liver Industrial Estate in Aintree a year ago today (Monday 23 June)
The mum of a teenager who was shot dead in Liverpool exactly a year ago has described her "living hell".
The family of Ellis Cox have begun a fresh appeal for information, with the 19-year-old's killer still on the loose.
Speaking to Hits Radio, Carolyn Cox said "We need to get justice. Why should the people who took Ellis be still living, why should they be going home to their families".
"We need to get them caught and we need to get justice for Ellis."
Paying tribute to Ellis, his family said: “Ellis was our whole world. A gentle giant so kind and loving his family was everything to him.
"We don’t know how to fully express our love for him as its immeasurable and losing him is something we will never recover from.
"It’s difficult for us to explain the indescribable pain we are going through each day knowing we don’t get to hug him, laugh with him, and watch him make his way in the world everything hurts in a way words can’t fully reach.
"Nothing feels the same without him and our family is just so lost and broken.
"We are just existing trying to get through each day and we will keep fighting for justice until those responsible for taking him from us are caught and we will continue to appeal to our city to help us before any more of our children are taken from us in the most unimaginable way as we wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
"We will never stop fighting for the truth for Ellis."
The family have arranged for a number of digital screens across the city to display the appeal for information today and Liverpool Town Hall, St George’s Hall and the Cunard building in Liverpool city centre will all light up in Ellis’s favourite colour, orange.
Detective Chief Inspector Steve McGrath, the Senior Investigating Officer, said: “Ellis’ family have now had to endure a whole year without him, a whole year without seeing justice done.
“Our specialist family liaison officers have supported them since day one and we know the immeasurable impact his death has had on them every single day.
“Our detectives have made arrests, spoken to potential witnesses and studied hundreds of hours of CCTV and doorbell footage for clues about what happened that night and who carried out this heinous crime.
“We are certain that people out there have information about who took Ellis from his family."