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Pictures taken by forensic investigators at the scene of a double murder committed by an arsonist. A blackened Teddy Bear; a destroyed front room; and a scorched stairway.
And, surrounded by soot, glass, and scorched wood was an undamaged piece of floorboard where it is thought Rhona Schofield died.
Toxic fumes had risen from an inferno downstairs and seeped into a first floor bedroom where she had been asleep with best friend Vikki Preston. READ MORE: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after body discovered in Bolton In a vain bid to save them Rhona, woken by smoke, had tried to close
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