Samantha Fraser's birthday was supposed to represent the beginning of a wonderful new stage of her life after escaping the control and violence of her estranged husband.
She was petrified of Adrian James Basham, but the courageous and fiercely loving mother-of-three was feeling strong about giving evidence in court against him over allegations he raped her throughout their 10-year-marriage.
On July 23, 2018 he murdered her to stop that happening. And then he staged her death to look like a suicide.
