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Thu, 21 Apr, 2005

Heartbreak as mother and girls laid to rest

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Thu, 21 Apr, 2005

Tragic youngsters will be laid to rest in same grave

THE tiny white coffins containing the remains of four-year-old Michaela Grace and her three year-old sister, Abbi, will be placed side by side in the same grave at around noon today in a cemetery a mile from their home.

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