Deadly Silence by Jacqueline Connolly

[Chattanoogachoo]

This is the most remarkable book written by the sister of Clodagh Hawe.
Clodagh and her three little boys were murdered by their father and husband, Alan Hawe.
I listened to the story on audible and found it truly remarkable in terms of the tenacity of Jacqueline and her Mother.They have battled every step of the way for 9 years against a huge range of injustice, mainly because people just thought they should go away, the family were dead, what was to be gained etc.
We've had another family annihilation case locally with the burials still to take place and I genuinely have learnt a lot from this book although it's heartbreaking.The ending is a gutsy realization by Jacqueline that she's her own woman but the entire book is testimony to this.

That man was pure evil and his family not much better. Putting the assets in his own name and the Hawes blocking the exhumation. That priest up to his neck in it too.

The Connolly family has had a very difficult time, I wish them nothing but the best for the future.

There's still so many unanswered questions although you do have to conclude by thinking Alan Hawe was pure evil and absolutely nothing mitigates that.Such a powerful story.