TORONTO - Tori Stafford's father said he will begin his fundraising bike ride across the country Wednesday in memory of his murdered daughter.Rodney Stafford said he plans to leave Woodstock, Ont. in the morning from the church parking lot where hundreds gathered at a memorial in June for the eight-year-old who disappeared in April.
Stafford said he is making the 3,400-kilometre journey to Edmonton to raise funds for Child Find Ontario. ``I don't care how long it takes me I am going to make this trek,'' Stafford said Tuesday.
The little girl was last seen April 8 when video surveillance footage caught her walking away from her school with a woman.
Ontario Provincial Police discovered her remains in a secluded farmers field Northwest of Guelph, Ont. on July 19.
He said his sister has planned a fundraiser upon his arrival in Edmonton in about a month from now. The pair will then travel to Jasper, Alta. to release a purple balloon on a mountain the eight-year-old once visited.
Stafford said his family held a private funeral for his daughter Friday and her remains were buried just outside Woodstock.
There will never be total closure but there is a lot more now that we know she is home,'' Stafford said.
Terri-Lynne McClintic, 19, and Michael Rafferty, 28, both from Woodstock, have each been charged with first-degree murder.
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