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RECORD OF EVIDENCE: AVON AND SOMERSET POLICE, CID OPERATION HUCKLEBERRY – EVIDENCE BAG 2 AUTHORISED COPY OF HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS NOTE FOR BENEDICT FINCH, BRISTOL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, MONDAY, 29 NOVEMBER AT 12.07 pm Description of text: ‘Name: Benedict Jonathan Finch Age: 8 years Sex: Male Date of birth: to be confirmed Benedict Finch, male, 8 years, identity confirmed by police officer attending scene in the woods. Awaiting confirmation by family member. On arrival presented with severe hypothermia caused by overnight exposure in Leigh Woods with no shelter and no clothing. Hypothermia induced coma. Hypotension (BP 78/54); core body temperature 28°C; HR 30 reg. General condition extremely poor. Underweight, dirty and dehydrated. Significant bruising to left upper arm.’ Original stored Item 3, Evidence box 345.112
WEB PAGE BREAKING NEWS www.up2theminute.co.uk/asithappens 29 October 2012, 14:13 UP TO THE MINUTE brings you a timeline of today’s dramatic developments in the case of missing eight-year-old Benedict Finch. The significant developments were confirmed by AVON and SOMERSET CONSTABULARY in a hastily arranged press conference this afternoon led by DS Giles Martyn. 10.15 am The body of a young boy is discovered in Leigh Woods near the site where Benedict Finch went missing just over one week ago. The discovery is made by a member of the public who contacted the emergency services. The boy is alive, but barely. 12 noon The search for Benedict Finch is called off, after the boy’s identity is confirmed on arrival at Bristol Children’s Hospital. 12.45 pm A small number of people begin to gather outside the Children’s Hospital. They light candles and pray for Benedict Finch and there’s an outpouring of concern for his safe recovery on Twitter. 1.17 pm An arrest is made at Bristol Airport and police confirm that they’ve detained a person in connection with the investigation. 2.10 pm Police confirm that the person detained in connection with Benedict’s disappearance is a teacher at his school, Joanna May, 27 years old. In other developments there are unconfirmed reports that Benedict Finch’s mother was treated in an ambulance outside an address in Clifton this morning. It’s thought that the address may be the home of Joanna May. Keeping You Up To the Minute, Every Minute Spread the word: Facebook; Twitter
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Gilly Macmillan grew up in Swindon,
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RACHEL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BIBLIOGRAPH
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Author’s Note During the research
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PROLOGUE NOVEMBER 2013 - ONE YEAR A
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imaginary interview goes really wel
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But whether I’ve been awake or as
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BEFORE DAY 1 SUNDAY, 21 OCTOBER 201
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eally honest, I hadn’t noticed it
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‘OK,’ and he was off, careering
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as if the woodland was holding its
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appeared on the path. Our progress
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suspect, is not going to be an easy
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RACHEL John couldn’t stand the wa
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It was the awkward twitch of Inspec
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‘Solid eight hours,’ I said. I
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RACHEL Inspector Miller said that b
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JIM Kenneth Steele House is where I
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had four pairs of officers in place
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at others. He was always watching m
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JIM I was quite pleased with how th
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his parents as well as his grandpar
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‘Expertise is on our side,’ she
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RACHEL My sister Nicky was waiting
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unstoppable. She told me that the w
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the streetlights and the geometric
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JIM Addendum to DI James Clemo’s
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FM: So you recommended Emma for the
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DAY 3 TUESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2012 Be a
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RACHEL In the car on the way to Ken
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‘If you are the person who is wit
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trace of dignity or vulnerability,
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missing”, and that everybody is l
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looking woman too: nicely dressed,
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accident. But we’ll check it out
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they’re focused on the job? FM: Y
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DAY 4 WEDNESDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2012 Cr
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RACHEL I slept only fitfully after
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JIM I spoke to Emma before I left f
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say that he doesn’t play by the r
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‘Bye,’ Fount said to him. ‘Wh
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thanked her for what she did for us
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I sat on the bed for a long time, u
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door in the middle of the night. Yo
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an orange wash remained. It struck
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JIM On the night of Wednesday, 24 O
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DAY 5 THURSDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2012 You
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individuals closest to Ben, and he
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RACHEL Zhang agreed to come and giv
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sensation. Then she spoke to him of
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abstract shapes floating within it,
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JIM I got one of the DCs to pick up
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RACHEL This time, I made no attempt
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dog, black and white like Skittle,
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everything that had happened. But I
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RACHEL In the early hours of the mo
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told him to fuck off. ‘Tell Frase
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