Suzy Lamplugh's father has spoken of her inspiring lust for life on the 30th anniversary of the young estate agent's disappearance in Fulham .
Paul Lamplugh said he continued to be motivated by her words "life is for living" as he campaigned for better workplace safety through the charity dedicated to her.
Suzy was 25 when she vanished on July 28 1986, after going to show a client a property in Fulham .
Her father, who describes her as the "ideal" daughter, said he still imagines how her future would have panned out.
'She would have a lovely husband and lovely children'
"I like to assume that she would be married, with a lovely husband and lovely children... and life would be all super," the 86-year-old told The Mirror .
Despite Suzy's body never being found, she was officially declared dead in 1994 and he said he "had to accept this awful thing" that she had been murdered after meeting a "Mr Kipper" - the name of a client recorded in her diary on the day she disappeared.
Paul recalled how it was Suzy's words which helped him and his late wife Diana, who worked together at the Law Society, come to terms with the tragedy and "move on".
"One day Diana was chiding her for doing too much, saying 'aren't you rather overdoing things darling?'" he said.
"Suzy said 'come on mum – life is for living – you've got to get on with it!'
"I would be letting Suzy down if I didn't try to do what she said and 'get on with it'."
Suzy's words were foundation for trust dedicated to her
Paul and Diana were inspired by their daughter's disappearance to set up The Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which continues to campaign to improve safety for people at work.
Its many victories include fighting successfully for private hire vehicle licensing, bringing about the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and launching the National Stalking Helpline.
The charity, which Paul and Diana set up from their East Sheen home, has also delivered personal safety training to more than 50,000 people - mostly those in "frontline" jobs, from estate agents to gas meter readers, who come into direct contact with clients.
"Those words of hers – 'life is for living' – are the foundation of the words for the trust," said Paul.
"We do believe that it is important to get on with life but we also believe that it's important to do so safely from aggression and violence."
He believes schools should do more to teach pupils how to "manage the aggression they will inevitably meet when they go out into the world" and to "control their own natural aggression".
'Trust's work made Suzy's life worth living'
As well as safeguarding thousands of workers from danger, Paul said the trust had helped his family cope in the aftermath of Suzy's disappearance.
"It's helped me in the sense that it's made – in an awful way... well in a good way – Suzy's life worth living," he said.
"Because if it wasn't for Suzy we wouldn't have helped the thousands of people that we have helped."
The exact circumstances of Suzy's death remain a mystery.
In 2002, police named the convicted murderer and rapist John Cannan, who is serving three life sentences for separate offences, as their number one suspect.
But the Crown Prosecution Service decided there was insufficient evidence to charge Cannan, who continues to protest his innocence from his prison cell.
For more information on The Suzy Lamplugh Trust, and its new Right to be Safe Appeal, visit the charity's website or call 020 7091 0014.
