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It had taken some time for Cleo Hulford to be calmed to a state where Jack and Wendy could speak to her about the next steps. Wendy couldn’t even begin to imagine what it must feel like for them to be in this situation, and she thought back to her own miscarriage — the closest she’d come to what Cleo and Dale were going through, and the closest she ever hoped to come.
Once things had settled a little, Jack, Wendy and the assigned Family Liaison Officer sat together in one of Mildenheath Police’s ‘casual’ rooms — essentially an interview suite, but far less intimidating and much more suited to speaking with witnesses, family members and those who weren’t being formally cautioned.
By now, Cleo Hulford had moved on to the quiet stage of grieving, staring blankly at the wall in front of
