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