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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tara Cobham

‘My son went to a party two years ago and didn’t come home – every day is a struggle but I won’t give up hope’

Every day has been a struggle for Catherine O’Sullivan since her son went out with friends more than two years ago and never returned home.

Her first thoughts when she wakes up in the morning are about Jack, and her last thoughts before she goes to sleep. She spends the time in between in a silent house, drained of the close-knit family’s once warm energy, and merely existing rather than living.

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