Soon whispers spread about the mum who had walked out on her family. Geoffrey avoided talking about her with their children and they grew up feeling abandoned.
It became the “family shame”. But Colleen’s siblings were sure she would never have left her daughters. And if she had started a new life, why hadn’t she touched her bank account or contacted her family?In 1979, Colleen’s disappearance finally became a criminal probe.
Geoffrey, who had divorced her in 1977, was brought in for questioning again. He said that Colleen had wanted to “live the single life”.
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