Goodbye Dearest Holly – Kevin Wells

The last four weeks have been so traumatic I am relieved the funeral is today. As a parent, this is an odious thought to have. Our planning for the service, we hope, has been meticulous. The order of service has been printed in Holly’s favourite colour, lilac, by my old cricketing colleague, Ian Hobbs. On the front is a photograph of a cheeky- looking, smiling Holly, which is just the way we want to remember her.

This photograph is special, for it was taken in the back garden of Donna Paxton Tomb, Holly’s godmother. Donna has agreed to read a poem for Holly during today’s service and no one envies her the task ahead. We hope that selecting this photograph somehow shows our love and support before her big moment.

Nicola and I have chosen as the first hymn ‘Morning Has Broken’. After Tim Alban Jones completes his address, we are going to play ‘Angels’ by Robbie Williams, the song which Holly and I used to sing together on the karaoke. It is going to be hard. Especially as the lyrics are so relevant to today’s proceedings. Prayers will follow ‘Angels’ before the final hymn of ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ (for that was Holly) will lead into the commendation.

We have asked for no visitors this morning. Nicola and I want to spend time talking things through with Oliver. We tell him not to be too distressed when his mum and dad begin crying and that, if he feels like it, he can cry at any time. Oliver is very quiet but stresses he does not want to hold hands as we walk behind the coffin. Well that is fine if it is what he wants.

I’m glad to be surrounded by Soham people. Neville Green arrives with the hearse and is the one person, apart from the owner Reg Brown, who everyone associates with C. E. Fuller and Co., the undertakers. He is a quiet, gentle man who has offered sympathy and understanding to hundreds of Soham families for countless years.

5 November to 20 November 20 November to 30 November 1 December to 31 December New Zealand The Bichard Inquiry An Ending of Sorts One Year On Ten Years On Extracts from an Interview with Kevin Wells Acknowledgements Grief Encounter OceanofPDF.com About the Author Kevin Wells has been a bank clerk and a postman.

He runs a contract cleaning company and is a keen cricketer. OceanofPDF.com Goodbye, Dearest Holly Some tragedies become part of our national consciousness. On August 4 2002, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman disappeared. For the next thirteen days, their families, the police, and the local community searched for them, while the nation watched in horrified suspense. Holly was a talented ten-year-old girl. Her parents, Kevin and Nicola, were certain she would be the first member of their family to go to university.

Almost two weeks after Holly and Jessica went missing, their bodies were found – dumped in a ditch and badly burned. Two days later, Ian Huntley was charged with their murders. In the terrible weeks that followed, Kevin started to make notes, fearful that he might forget important details. Goodbye, Dearest Holly tells the story of the nightmare that began on August 4th, from the moment it became clear that Holly and Jessica were missing, through the long investigation and its aftermath.

An unflinching tale of surviving tragedy, Kevin’s diaries tell of battles with the media, police bureaucracy and the legal system. The book includes a gripping account of the trial and convictions of Huntley and Maxine Carr. Above all, Goodbye, Dearest Holly is a loving final act of fatherhood. In this updated edition of Kevin Wells’ best-selling book, which includes a new chapter, he tells how his family continue with their lives ten years on from Holly’s death.

It is the moving and emotional story of one family’s battle to regain some semblance of normality. ‘A brutally honest account of what happens when innocence meets evil. Kevin Wells’ book is about a father’s love, a family’s loss and a nation’s horror. If you want to know the true story of Soham then read it.’

Mail on Sunday OceanofPDF.com GOODBYE, DEAREST HOLLY Ten Years On Kevin Wells OceanofPDF.com Copyright © 2005 Kevin Wells The moral right of Kevin Wells to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved.

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