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2000: The heartbreaking account of 8 year old Sara Payne, murdered in 2000
Sara Payne: A Mother’s Story
What you need to know before your trail
‘Thank God we have found her.’ Sara Payne’s words as she announced that the body of her daughter – snatched and murdered by paedophile, Roy Whiting – had finally been found.
In this memoir, Sara tells her personal story. She describes the numbness as she waited for seventeen days, desperate to hear news of her missing daughter, and the terrible moment when her worst fears became reality. She explains how her family tried to cope with their grief and the stress placed upon them by the media campaign for Sarah’s Law. As the family tried to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of tragedy, they found that each reminded the other of the child they had lost. Guilt and anger pushed Sarah’s marriage into a spiral of alcohol abuse and violence.
Travel Guide
Sussex
The lovely remote fields of Sussex should be a children’s playground and they are for many children. This map is not intended as a booktrail but a small map to show that even in the countryside, where children should play freely and have adventures and freedom, there are still sometimes people with evil in their hearts who ruin families
The campaign for Sarah’s Law – a campaign headed by a national newspaper and Sarah’s mother as they were sure that a child sex offender had been responsible for their daughter’s death. They wanted to ensure that parents knew if there were any child offenders living in the area, near children. Sarah Payne’s mother has always insisted that such a law would have saved her daughter’s life.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Sara Payne: A Mother’s Story
Destination: Sussex Author/Guide: Sara Payne Departure Time: 2000
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