The family of murdered Gold Coaster Linda Reed will lobby the state parole board in a desperate bid to keep her killer behind bars after prosecutors ruled out appealing a jail sentence that could see him freed next year. Troy James O'Meara has been in custody for more than three decades over the unrelated murder of Vanessa O'Brien, but despite being sentenced to 20 years' jail over the 1983 killing of Ms Reed last month, he could be eligible for parole as soon as next July. Ms Reed's shattered mother Nancy Fein met with Queensland Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman this week to push for an appeal, but after consultation with prosecutors, any hopes of an appeal have been dashed.