Wild Park, is an area of land, several miles from Brighton's coast. Within that park stands a wooden bench and a brass plaque, inscribed with the names of two little girls. When the bench was built it sat between two maple trees that were planted in their memory. Karen and Nicola were only nine years old when they were murdered. The investigation to bring their killer to justice would take over three decades, and the toll it took on those involved was unimaginable — a failed trial, divorce, death from a broken heart, a change in the law, unfounded accusations of abuse, and all while the girls killer was in prison for a separate albeit near-identical crime.

This is the case of the Babes In The Wood (Part 1 of 4).

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Stories About the World That Once Was by Chris Zabriskie
Last Night I Dreamt I Saw True Love In Your Eyes by Chris Zabriskie
Deep Space by Audionautix
Dreamer by DivKid
Land on the Golden Gate by Chris Zabriskie
Flecks of Light by The Tower of Light
Reflections by Lee Rosevere
Contact by Tower of Light
Arp Ascent by DivKid
Anxiety Madness Paranoia by Kevin MacLeod
Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod
It’s A Mystery by Lee Rosevere
Take Off and Shoot a Zero by Chris Zabriskie
At the Foot of the Sphinx by Twin Musicom
Remember Trees by Chris Zabriskie

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