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Maria Fretwell was strangled and died in a ditch - but Selwyn Clarke walked away

By Tom Day
NZ Herald·
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Maria Fretwell was strangled and died in a ditch - but Selwyn Clarke walked away
A pathologist ruled Maria Fretwell was strangled - but no one was ever convicted over her death.

When Shaun Fretwell's mum hadn't come home one evening, he decided to duck down the road to the local dairy and buy himself some treats.

The 10-year-old wasn't worried about where she was and it was only a two-minute walk.

As he left the dairy with an icecream, caramel corn,

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