The cruel murders of best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman sent shockwaves across the country in 2002.
The pair, aged ten, should be turning 30 this year - but their lives were dashed short by twisted murderer Ian Huntley.
A desperate search for the pair was sparked after they wandered off from a family barbecue on August 4, 2002, in Soham.
More than 400-officers descended on the small Cambridgeshire town, working around the clock in a desperate hunt for the two happy little girls.
Hundreds of locals joined in, desperate to find the young girls, while the pair also received a huge amount of press attention, ensuring everyone knew their name.
But they never returned home as two bodies were discovered after a two-week search, sparking a frenzied hunt for the killer.
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It emerged to be their school caretaker Ian Huntley - who tried to cover up his crimes by giving an interview and joining the search.
He had lured Holly and Jessica into his home, after the pair visited a local leisure centre to pick up a snack from a vending machine.
Creepy Huntley spotted the pair and claimed his girlfriend Maxine Carr, who was a teaching assistant at their school was inside.
He had previously appeared on local news lying through his teeth as he begged for anyone with information to come forward.
In the interview, he claimed that he’d spoken to them before they vanished; he said he was likely the last person to see the girls and spoke about remaining hopeful the girls were okay.
These public appearances backfired - as locals in his hometown of Grimsby recognised him as someone who had been linked with a sex attack.
Meanwhile Carr, now 45, mistakenly referred to Holly - who at this point was still missing - in the past tense, while trying to cover for her partner.
He then murdered the girls and then hid their bodies in an irrigated ditch close to the RAF base about 10 miles from their home.
After being quizzed by police, he returned to the spot and removed their Manchester United t-shirts in a bid to conceal DNA evidence linking him to the killing.
But he dumped them at their school, where police found them, and helped them eventually nail Huntley for his crimes.
Sixteen days after their death, Huntley was charged with two counts of murder. Later on, he was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment, with a minimum of 40 years behind bars.
Maxine Carr was charged with two counts of assisting an offender and served 21 months. She now has a secret identity.
In Channel 5 documentary, Soham: The Murder of Holly & Jessica, former Special Constable, Sharon Gilbert, described the moment the caretaker approached her about the case.
She said: "He was very relaxed in his talking, he wasn't nervous in any way shape or form.
"Quite early in the conversation he said to me, 'how long said does DNA evidence last'
"Everything about him made me feel uneasy, he had very strange eyes, like he's looking at your but through you, like you’re not there.”
Soham: The Murder of Holly & Jessica airs tonight on Channel 5 at 9pm
