A GofundMe set up for horse racing commentator John Hunt and his oldest daughter Amy following the murder of their family has already raised £20,000. The fundraising page was launched yesterday in support of the remaining Hunt family after John’s wife Carol, 61, and the couple’s two youngest daughters Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25 were killed in a horrific crossbow attack. The three women were found fatally injured at a house in the quiet cul-de-sac of Ashlyn Close, in Bushey, Hertfordshire, just after 7pm on Tuesday.
Kyle Clifford, 26, was arrested on suspicion of their murders after he was found with injuries in the Hilly Fields area of Enfield, north London , on Wednesday. John, a BBC commentator and Sky Sport racing presenter, released a statement yesterday via Sky colleague Matt Chapman thanking the public for their messages of support. He also praised Amy for being ‘magnificently inspirational with her control and support for me’, which he said he was trying ‘so hard’ to replicate in return.
Matt is overseeing the GoFundMe page and wrote that it was with a ‘heavy heart’ the fundraiser was set up. He said, with the ‘blessing of John and his family’, the aim was to raise as much money as possible for the Hunt family, ‘in particular daughter Amy’. ‘On the back of the horror, I know John would so dearly love Amy to be able to get through life without any financial worries,’ Matt added.
‘Of course, during these devastating times life continues. If.
