Remembering Franziska Blochliger 10 years on: Activists avoiding repeat of heinous crime

Tokai residents have honoured Franziska Blochliger in a commemorative patrol in the Tokai forest.
 
Activists gathered at the forest on Saturday for a ribbon ceremony at the scene where her body was found 10 years ago.

The teen was attacked while jogging in the forest. Howard Oliver was later sentenced to life in prison for her rape and murder. 

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Tokai residents started volunteer patrols of the forest in memory of the 16-year-old. Blochliger was killed and raped between the wild growth 10 years ago. 

On Saturday, activists, neighbours and volunteers paid tribute to the teen attacked in the forest.

Organiser of the patrol and founder of Parkscape Nicky Schmidt said she arrived on the scene an hour after her body was found.
 
Since then, she said she has made every effort to keep her memory alive and to prevent such incidents from happening again.

"I think that if history shows us anything, [it] is that if we forget history, we repeat the mistakes of the past. I don't want to see a repeat of that ever."

Hundreds of colourful ribbons are tied to the entrance of Tokai forest in remembrance of Blochliger and other victims of gender-based violence (GBV).