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A rapist was HIDING IN THE WALLS

Paul Verhoeven, 37, Melbourne, Vic

Wandering around my parents’ walk-in-wardrobe, I noticed the pile of cardboard boxes stacked in the corner.

I was only seven, but knowing they contained items relating to my dad John’s work as a police officer, I decided to ‘accidentally’ fall into it.

A flurry of pictures and papers came tumbling out.

Picking up one of the photos, my heart stopped.

It was an eerie black and white photograph of a burnt floorboard, marked with

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