Mother of German backpacker Jennifer Kohl is searching for the final moments before her daughter died in the Gold Coast Hinterland
CORNELIA Schroder was a whole world away when her daughter lost her life in a tragic farming accident in the Gold Coast Hinterland late last year. Now she is searching for answers.
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CORNELIA Schroder was a whole world away when her daughter lost her life in a tragic farming accident in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
Almost four months on, the German mother’s heartbreak is almost unbearable as she searches for answers from anyone who shared her daughter’s final hours.
Jennifer Kohl was a German national with two months left of her Aussie backpacking adventure when tragedy struck.
The 27-year-old traveller was on a ride-on lawnmower on a Mt Tamborine avocado farm on December 8, when it flipped, pinning her to the ground.
Fellow farm hands and neighbours ran to her aid, but she could not be revived.
Ms Schroder told the Bulletin there had been an autopsy performed, a report was prepared for the Coroner and her daughter’s ashes had been flown home to Leipzig.
But despite this Ms Schroder still feels empty and without “peace”.
The last time she spoke to her daughter was four days before the accident, on Jennifer’s 27th birthday.
She told her daughter she loved and missed her, it was the last conversation they would ever have.
In a quest for answers Ms Schroder has begun ringing and emailing media and emergency services on the Coast, searching for anyone who can help.
She said her daughter had since been autopsies and the incident investigated to her satisfaction in Australia, but she wanted to know about Jennifer’s final moments.
“I know the facts, but no further details,” she said in written statements, translated to English.
“I want to know exactly what happened that day ... I’m sick with sorrow and worry ... always crying for her.
“I do not want to blame anyone, I just want to know how Jennifer and her friends were doing at the farm.
“I would like to speak with them ... I hope they understand that they were the last ones who saw my daughter alive.”
During Ms Kohl’s funeral she was remembered by family and friends as an independent woman who took her own path early in life.
Loved ones revealed it was no surprise she was working on a farm, as she was always a “green thumb”.
One of her favourite songs, Green Day’s ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’, was played.
Police have prepared a report for the Coroner and no inquest is pending into Ms Kohl’s death.
The owners of the avocado farm on Macdonnell Rd were not able to be contacted for comment.
Anyone who was with Ms Kohl on the day of the accident who would like to speak with Ms Schroder can contact the Bulletin at editorial@goldcoast.com.au.