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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Leah Croucher: Family says hope missing teenager was alive has been ‘brutally extinguished in cruellest way’

Thames Valley Police

The parents of Leah Croucher have paid their first tribute to the teenager after she was found dead in a Milton Keynes loft more than three years since going missing.

In a tribute to their “bright, funny young” daughter, the 19-year-old's family said they knew the “heartbreaking news” of her death would “come one day” but they are “devastated” to have been proven right.

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