Family's plea for answers decades after schoolgirl's murder

The heartbroken family of a murdered Adelaide schoolgirl is renewing a decades-long plea for immoderate accusation to thief find her killer.

Speaking exclusively to 9News, Heather Turner's loved ones said they were considering calling for a coronial inquest into nan acold lawsuit successful a hopeless bid for justice. 

For 27 years nan Turner family person lived pinch nan symptom of ne'er knowing who killed their 16-year-old daughter, sister and cousin, and why.

Kym Maree Kuijeers called her a "typical bubbly child."

"It's difficult because you can't spot past that now, she'll ever beryllium that," she said.

It was a lukewarm January time backmost successful 1998 and Heather was astatine Semaphore Beach pinch her champion friend.

She planned to locomotion backmost to her location successful Largs Bay but alternatively someway ended up successful Daveron Park.

Kuijeers said location were "too galore unanswered questions that request to beryllium answered."

"Somebody has sewage to cognize something," she said.

Police opportunity she met location pinch a group of astatine slightest 4 to 8 group successful their 20s.

After spending immoderate clip astatine nan Daveron Park location she was expected to caput backmost location but ne'er did.

A fortnight later her assemblage was recovered partially submerged successful a creek astatine Port Gawler.

"It's conscionable heartbreaking what would person gone done her mind astatine that point," Kuijeers said.

The family's condolences is still arsenic awesome arsenic nan time Heather's assemblage was found.

Now they're considering calling for a coronial inquest to hopefully bring astir answers and perchance much information."

"There are group wandering astir that cognize precisely what happened, and beryllium bully to put her to rest, literally." Kuijeers said.

It remains a enigma wherever Heather was for nan fortnight earlier she was discovered.

Police judge she was murdered astatine an chartless location earlier her assemblage was moved.

For Kuijeers, the conflict for justness is acold from over.

"I will ne'er springiness up," she said.

"Somebody is responsible. 1 aliases much we don't know.

"Have they done it before, will they do it again, I don't want my kids surviving successful a world is for illustration that."

In a connection to 9News, Attorney General Kyam Maher said he "appreciates their efforts to find those responsible for this senseless killing.

"Any petition for an inquest would beryllium considered in statement pinch normal process," he said.

A $1 cardinal dollar reward remains connected connection to anyone pinch accusation that could help, yet lead to a conviction.

"We'll get justness for Heather 1 day," Kuijeers said.