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crime
Another mum’s heartbreak
over son’s vandalised grave
rachael
mcmenemy
@rach_mc94CN
THE mother who discovered
a baby’s grave had been van-
dalised in Haverhill Cem-
etery has spoken out after
finding her own son’s grave
had been attacked on the
same day.
Jade Denzey went to visit
her son Fraizer’s grave on
Friday, July 7, when she dis-
covered it had been trashed
and ornaments stolen.
Last week, the News re-
ported that Melanie Mor-
ris’ son’s grave had been at-
tacked by vandals who stole
pictures and other items.
Jade was visiting her little
boy’s grave to begin prepar-
ing for his birthday on July
29 when she also discovered
the wrecked grave of Mela-
nie’s son Jaydon nearby.
Jade said: “I arrived there
and fell to my knees in dis-
belief.
“I can’t imagine why any-
one would be targeting ba-
bies’ graves.
“That’s my special place.
I couldn’t see him, so to me
that grave means every-
thing.”
Jade was horrified by the
damage to the other grave
and put out an appeal to find
the other baby’s mum.
“Basically I found Fraizer’s
grave the way it was with a
photo of Melanie’s baby on
it.
“I asked my friend to put
the pictures on Facebook
and Mel responded. I found
my son’s grave with teddies
everywhere, flowers all over
the place and ornaments
broken and they broke a toy
train.”
Jade said this was the third
time Fraizer’s grave has been
vandalised in just five years.
On this latest occasion, an
ornament showing a hand
cradling a baby was stolen
and a train that spelled out
Fraizer’s name was smashed.
Jade said: “The ornament
was very personal to me, I
put it there, it’s exactly what
he looked like on my scan
picture.
“Before this a portion of
chips was all over his grave
and other ornaments sto-
len.”
Frazier was stillborn in
2012 and since then Jade,
from Linton, has found com-
fort in visiting his grave.
She said: “It cut me up in-
side. It’s bad enough with his
birthday coming up but to
find that was awful.”
Jade specifically chose the
cemetery in Haverhill be-
cause part of the graveyard is
set aside for babies.
She said: “I could have had
him buried in Linton but I
destroyed: Jade denzey found
her son Fraizer’s grave vandalised
wanted him to be around
other babies.
“I thought this is a bit spe-
cifically for babies, they’re
the only graves there for ba-
bies in that part of the cem-
etery, for him to have com-
pany, I didn’t want him on
his own.
“It was my way of finding
comfort in something that
was the worst time of my
life.”
Jade said the vandalism
has left her worried about
visiting the cemetery.
“I was never the same af-
ter Fraizer. Every time I go
there I wonder what will be
there.
“It’s completely heart-
breaking that someone
would do that, not just to
a grave in general but to a
baby’s grave. I don’t under-
stand how anyone finds that
entertaining.”
Melanie also says she
knows of at least one other
grave that has been dam-
aged.
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Asked what she would
say to the vandals Jade said:
“Treat them with respect.
“If it happened to you it
wouldn’t be a nice feeling to
see your loved one’s grave
like that. I don’t know how
anyone could do this.”
A petition calling on St
Edmundsbury Borough
Council to install CCTV and
motion sensor lights in the
cemetery has already at-
tracted 989 signatures.
A spokesman for the coun-
cil said: “Any consideration
of CCTV has to balance an
individual’s right to privacy
in an area where they need
to be allowed to mourn,
against any ongoing issues
and cost.”
However, Jade said: “I
wouldn’t care about my pri-
vacy, it’s all about Fraizer,
not about me. It’s about
making sure that this never
happens again and if it does
people will be caught.”
Police are appealing for
witnesses and information.
Anyone with information
should call Suffolk Police on
101, quoting reference CAD
589 of July 8.