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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nick Hopkins

Ian Huntley death: the summer we watched a senseless tragedy unfold in Soham

Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. The two 10-year-olds disappeared in August 2002. Their bodies were eventually found in a ditch near RAF Lakenheath.
Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. The two 10-year-olds disappeared in August 2002. Their bodies were eventually found in a ditch near RAF Lakenheath. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

The death of Ian Huntley is, perhaps, a moment to pause and remember, and not to dwell on the manner and circumstances of his killing.

August 2002 is the time to return to, and the place is Soham: a pretty Cambridgeshire village that few outside the county, and possibly many within it too, knew much about before that summer. Before it happened.

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