January 15, 2005: It's a day Western Bay's Brian and Lynette Brown will never forget.
For it was on this beautiful summer's day that the Tauranga family was torn apart, their beloved daughter, Natasha Hayden, stolen from them - a victim of Michael Curran.
But more than 2 1/2 years after her life came to an end at McLaren Falls, it's only now the Maungatapu couple are allowed to speak publicly about the 24-year-old's death.
Until today, extensive court suppression orders have prevented the Bay of Plenty Times telling you the Tauranga man convicted and sentenced to nine years in prison for Mrs Hayden's death was Curran.
Curran had been before the courts on a charge of murdering 2-year-old Aaliyah Morrissey while on bail for Mrs Hayden's killing.
Mr Brown said he and his wife would do anything to have their daughter back.
"She didn't deserve to die ... She was a good girl, loving, caring - everyone liked her. She should still be here with us.
"She used to ring us up all the time and see how we were doing. She always kept in touch. She loved her family."
But he admitted there were some aspects of the young woman's life the family were not so familiar with.
"Somehow she got tangled up with the wrong family. This included the scumbag that killed her - and that mistake cost her her life. If only she hadn't met them," he said.
For it was while Mrs Hayden and Curran, with whom the defence alleged she was having an affair, were at the Western Bay tourist hotspot that she lost her life.
Exactly what happened at the power-station is unclear, however, the jury found Curran guilty of manslaughter and he was subsequently sentenced to nine years' prison with a minimum non-parole period of five years. "I guess we are never going to know what really happened up there," said Mr Brown.
"The only people that know are Natasha and the bastard who killed her."
And while Curran is locked away, it has done little to ease the pain for family and friends.
Mr Brown said his daughter's unscheduled appearance on the TV2 programme Sensing Murder had the family convinced Mrs Hayden was still around.
A psychic driving through McLaren Falls said he saw a red car with a woman named Tarsh. He also mentioned he saw a birthday cake.
As it just so happened, January 16 - the day after Mrs Hayden's death - was Mr Brown's birthday and he is convinced the vision was a message from her saying: "'I'm sorry I couldn't deliver the cake like I did last year'."
Mrs Brown said she too received visits from her daughter.
"She comes and sees me most nights in my sleep - just about every night she is there. And it feels so real, like she is still with us," she said.
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