SIGNIFICANT SHORTS : Police prepare for arrival of French murder detectives
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The Launceston Community College pupil was raped and suffocated in a tiny dormitory at a hostel in Pleine Fougeres on 18 July. She was among a party of 35 girls and five boys from the 1,200-pupil college on a week- long trip, together with five teachers. Insp Munns said it was not known whether the French police would require DNA samples from the boys on the trip. The cross-Channel initiative followed the release of 39-year-old drifter Patrice Pade, who confessed to Caroline's murder but was cleared when his DNA did not match samples taken from her.
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