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Gail Shortland

Dad and daughter claimed wife was killed by homeless person but truth was more sinister

Wearing a white, strapless wedding dress, a traditional veil and clutching a bouquet of white and yellow flowers, Jacquelyn smiled happily for the camera.

Her new husband, Keith Smith, stood proudly next to her, coordinating with a yellow bow tie and matching waistcoat. Jacquelyn and Smith had married later in life but still made a picture-perfect bride and groom.

Four years later, in 2018, they were living in Aberdeen, in the US state of Maryland. Jacquelyn, 54, who had two grown-up sons from a previous relationship, was an electrical engineer at an army research facility. She was intelligent, generous and quick-witted.

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