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Mum wrote her KILLER’S NAME IN BLOOD

Loretta Jones’ four-year-old daughter, Heidi, was her world.

A single mum, Loretta, 23, doted on her little girl.

Thick as thieves, Loretta and Heidi loved to play games and eat ice-cream.

When Loretta ironed, she’d set up Heidi with her own toy iron and board so she could play beside her.

But on the morning of July 30, 1970, Heidi woke up to find the house eerily quiet.

Getting up, she peeked through the keyhole of the lounge room and saw

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