Sarah Falla in her ‘sanctuary’ – the garden at her parents’ home. (0583633)

A YEAR to the day after the death of their daughter in a double shooting at Vazon, the heartbroken parents of Sarah Falla say they are finally ready to share their story.

John and Janet Digard are still shocked and devastated by her death at the hand of her husband, gun enthusiast Michael, at Fort Hommet. She was shot twice before he turned the gun on himself. Sarah died soon afterwards in hospital from a gunshot wound to the back of her head. He died instantly.

Speaking at Sarah’s family home in Castel yesterday, the couple said today’s anniversary of their 34-year-old daughter’s death would be an ‘extremely difficult time’. ‘It is hard to sum up in words how we feel,’ said her father. ‘We lost Sarah in an awful way a year ago, but it doesn’t feel like any time has passed at all. It will live with us forever.’

They revealed how Sarah had agreed to meet her 44-year-old husband that fateful evening only to help him finally accept that their marriage was over. ‘Nobody except those close to Sarah really knew what was going on,’ said Mrs Digard. ‘Neighbours might have thought they were a normal couple, but we now know our daughter felt trapped.’

Five days before her death, she had left her marital home in Torteval and moved back to her parents’ home in Pre du Gele, Castel.