Christopher Laverack

Its Murder Up North

Christopher was a sensitive and shy nine year old, with blue eyes, blonde hair and freckles across his nose. On the 9th of March 1984, he would be taken from his sisters home and murdered, it would be a case that would haunt the city of Hull for 28 years.
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Sources for the episode
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