Little Girls Lost – Helen Reade

At the beginning of this expedition, he had once again set up the big ‘circus tent’, as they called it, to face the water. Six metres in front had been the fire, and to the other side of that the makeshift paddock he had set up for the horses. At least ten kids had used the campsite over the weekend. When Nichole’s parents arrived at the campsite that day, Rebecca, Malcolm and Sarah were the only ones there. None of them had seen the girls that morning.

So Graeme decided to drive along the dirt track out to White Cliffs. Five kilometres past the campsite were a set of cliffs that descended to the sea, and at the base was a mass of rocks and frothy waves. He wanted to go there alone, or at least without his wife.

Within 20 minutes of finding out the girls were gone, he had an uncanny feeling that they were dead. One of the kids had mentioned hearing a car going down the track and he had the urge to go and see if they had fallen or been pushed over the edge. There had been nothing there. Back at camp again, the couple waited for the police to arrive and then headed for Nichole’s ex-boyfriend’s place.

In the car, Delma felt like she was losing the plot. She looked at the school photo of Nichole the police had requested and wondered where her daughter was. Cheryl Barry was also feeling the strain. In the kitchen at her home she had collapsed in tears. She had tried everywhere and there was no sign of Lauren. Having reported the girls’ disappearance to the police, she wasn’t sure where to turn next. At the same time, on the outskirts of Kalaru, at the Collins’s home a note, taped to the back door, moved a little in the breeze.

On it were the words: ‘Nichole, if you arrive home please call the police.’ A little further down the road, the neighbours kept watch for the 16-year-old. Their lounge room overlooked the street, so it was inevitable that, from their position, they would see her as she approached her home. She didn’t. Nor would she. Two young men, high on a cocktail of drugs and their lust for violent sex, had already seen to that.

A bright, forthright woman, Delma Collins sat next to her husband on the couch answering Sergeant Box’s questions. She and Graeme were both educated.

To my sons, Michael and Aaron, and to the parents of Nicole, Ebony and Nichole and Lauren, who taught me to remember that, even on the hardest days, I am able to go home and cuddle my kids OceanofPDF.com Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Ebony Simpson Chapter 1 No Shoes at the Doorstep Chapter 2 The Foe with a Friendly Face Chapter 3 Impossible Goodbyes Chapter 4 How Hellish the Pathway to Heaven Chapter 5 A Life for a Life Chapter 6 At What Price?

Chapter 7 When Pain Isn’t Enough Part 2: Nicole Hanns Chapter 8 Endless Seconds Chapter 9 Pointed Fingers Chapter 10 The Painful Truth Chapter 11 All Dressed in White Chapter 12 A Nightmare Relived Chapter 13 Jumping at Shadows Chapter 14 The Real Truth in Sentencing Chapter 15 The Rites of Freedom Versus the Rights of Society Part 3: Nichole Collins and Lauren Barry Chapter 16 Little Girls Lost Chapter 17 Five and a Half Weeks Earlier Chapter 18 Putting the Pieces Together Chapter 19 A Town in the Spotlight Chapter 20 The Eye of the Storm Chapter 21 In the Light of Day Chapter 22 More Holes than a Sieve Chapter 23 Too Little, Too Late Part 4: Aftermath Chapter 24 Legislative Reforms Chapter 25 Towards Healing Epilogue Chronology References Image Section About the Author OceanofPDF.com Foreword Little Girls Lost is a book about one of the most despicable crimes the sexual violation and murder of children.

Yet, in a grim paradox, it is also about exceptional achievement. It is difficult to imagine what it would be like to lose a loved one to homicide. But, it is almost impossible to imagine what it would be like if that loved one were a child your little girl – and that the perpetrator had taken not only her life, but also violated her sexually. For most of us, our closest connection to such an event is when we hear of it via the media, and we can only shake our heads and count our blessings that it didn’t happen to us.

So what of the families whose child has been taken? Today there are people to turn to: support groups, families who have had a similar experience and counsellors to listen.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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