Tara’s remains returned to heartbroken parents
There were brief prayers and more tears as the simple wooden casket was removed from the hearse in the driveway below the yellow-painted bungalow just before 3pm. It was taken inside, into the back room where Tara used to watch TV.
Her mother’s favourite picture of the bubbly 17 year-old was placed on top of the closed casket. A collage of other pictures tracing her life from an active tot on the beach to the most recent snaps from her Turkish holiday hung on a notice board close to the kitchen.