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A LOSS LIKE NO OTHER

ON THE surface, they seemed to have a lot to live for: they were engaged, they both had steady jobs and they had a baby son they adored.

Yes, they’d had their challenges – he worked 300km away and trying to make the long-distance thing work could be rough.

Jason Jonker (26) and Rochelle Drury (24) even broke up recently but decided to give it another go and were looking forward to celebrating their little boy’s first birthday at a family party in December.

Then the unthinkable happened – and now, instead of having

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