Mother hopes to get justice for murdered daughter in retrial in Dominican Republic

Shirley Firth is hoping those responsible for Lindsay de Feliz’s death in 2019 will finally be convicted

A Cambridgeshire mother in her 90s is hoping to finally see justice for her murdered daughter when a retrial into her death is due to open in the Dominican Republic this week.

The body of Lindsay de Feliz, 64, a successful author, was found in a shallow grave, close to her home in the north-west of the Dominican Republic, in December 2019.

Her mother, Shirley Firth, who will be 94 next month and lives in a small village in Huntingdon, is hoping that those responsible for her daughter’s death will finally be convicted.

“We are astonished and very pleased this has happened and hoping that new vital evidence will be presented this time,” said Firth. “Lindsay was clever, thoughtful, kind and generous in every way.”

Firth, who is still active and follows developments in her daughter’s case closely, was until recently a parish councillor. She continues to be in contact with some of her daughter’s friends on Facebook. They have shared information with her that de Feliz feared for her life towards the end of it.

“I am in contact with people on Facebook but don’t use TikTok or Instagram,” said Firth.

De Feliz’s husband of 14 years, Danilo Feliz Torres, his two sons and a fourth man were acquitted in a previous trial after charges connected to her murder.