Sleepless and pregnant, widow won't go home

Scott guy with wife Kylee. Photo / Supplied

Kylee Guy, the pregnant and sleepless widow of dairy farmer Scott Guy, is never likely to return to the rural Feilding home where he was gunned down.

Guy, 31, was found dead by a neighbour in the driveway of the couple's home on Aorangi Rd, south of Feilding, about 7am on July 8. He had been expected for morning milking and police say he was shot after stepping from his farm vehicle.

About 1000 people attended a funeral for Guy in Feilding on Friday. Widow Kylee Guy, who is expecting their second child and is staying with her parents-in-law, attended but did not speak. The baby, a boy, is expected in September.

She is unlikely to "ever" return to her home, according to Guy's sister, Anna Macdonald. "I don't think she'll ever go back. I'd be very surprised if she did," Macdonald said yesterday.

"The feelings come in waves - for Kylee and for us. I was speaking with her this morning and she was in a bad way. Sometimes she's really bad and she can be okay sometimes.

"But it's really hard to watch and hard to help her because it hurts so much.

"Then you see what it's doing to her and it's almost unbearable."

Guy co-owned the family farm, which comprises 750 head of cattle, alongside MacDonald and her husband Ewan. She said the running of the dairy unit and the Macdonald family home, which boasts four young children, had been a struggle over the past week.

"We're two people down - Scott and dad, who's been keeping everyone together. It's been really, really difficult but we have to keep going and keep everything as normal as possible for the children."

The Macdonald family live on the same stretch of rural Feilding road where police mounted surprise roadblocks during Thursday, questioning motorists and handing out leaflets in a desperate appeal for information.

A 20-strong team of police are investigating the murder and officers over the past week have scoured the roadside and a nearby waterway in search of the murder weapon, believed to be a shotgun.

Macdonald would not say if she knew if police had any leads, though each family member has been intensively questioned and she welcomed their thoroughness.

"They'd have something but they're not telling us. They've questioned everyone - they've talked to everyone. And we're all happy to talk. We'll talk to them for hours until it's all finished and over and done. The last thing we want is for Scott's death to become a cold case. We're all hoping they'll find whoever did this ... The worst thing would be never knowing."

Guy's mother Joanne was adamant police would find her son's killer. "Today I feel real numb. It feels like you're watching a story that belongs to someone else. Then you wake up and you think no, no ..."

"Everything's upside down. What we thought was important before last week isn't today. Loving each other is the most important thing. We have every confidence in the police, and they're very caring as well."