As a priest, Mina Smallman is no stranger to death. Not only does she regularly comfort bereaved families, but she lost her dad at 16, her mother a decade ago, her brother in 2014 to cardiomyopathy and her sister last year to cancer.
In June 2020, her daughters, Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were murdered after going to a North London park to celebrate the latter's birthday. It was Mina's faith that helped to guide her through these traumas.
But it was about to be tested further, reports the Mirror. It was the family that discovered Nicole and Bibaa's bodies after the police failed to respond.