CHERYL GRIMMER 'HER KILLER MUST ADMIT THE TRUTH'

Ricki Nash wants justice finally served to the man who took his little sister

- Emma Babbington

The emotion in Ricki Nash's voice is palpable as he tells Woman's Day why he will never give up trying to expose the truth about what happened to his little sister, Cheryl Grimmer, and bringing her killer to justice.

“It's Cheryl that keeps pushing me and helps me fight this,” says Ricki. “I made a terrible mistake and I've had to live with that, but it's her that's forgiven me and keeps pushing me to get the answers, not just for me, but for our family.”

A TERRIBLE MISTAKE

The “terrible mistake” Ricki alludes to was part of a series of events that led to the disappearance of three-year-old Cheryl that took place when he was just seven.

Ricki, along with his younger brothers, Paul, then four, and Stephen, five, had spent the morning of January 12, 1970, at Wollongong's Fairy Meadow Beach with their mum, Carole, 26. When the weather turned after lunch, the children went to the shower block together to rinse off while Carole packed up on the sand.