"'They were standing at the end of the coffin, looking in. I knew they'd done it'."
"'Those cries are forever burnt into our memory, his little face and what he was actually trying to tell us'."
"When Breda Coffey held the wake for her four-year-old grandson, she had her suspicions that his father and stepmother had been lying about how he died."
"But having previously seen scratches on his body, Ms Coffey feared the worst - that her dear boy had been murdered."
Breda Coffey held the wake for her four-year-old grandson and suspected his father and stepmother had lied about how he died. Mason O'Connell-Conway's parents claimed he fell from a bunk bed. Ms Coffey had previously seen scratches on his body and feared he had been murdered. Family members looked into his coffin and became convinced the father and stepmother were responsible. Those present recall his cries, his face, and what he appeared to be trying to communicate as images that endure. The stepmother received a life sentence for Mason's murder.
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