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Shirley Ballas recalls the precise instant when her world collapsed around her. Snuggled in bed alongside her 87 year old mother Audrey at 9pm on her 64th birthday, her mobile suddenly illuminated.

A family member of her fiancé Danny Taylor was informing her that he had vanished, his phone was switched off and his relatives were extremely concerned about him. Instantly she was overwhelmed by the devastating memories of her brother David who had sadly ended his own life in 2003, aged 44.

"All those memories came flooding back...it triggered all these emotions," she says quietly. Police officers, who were equally troubled by the situation, were given her contact details, and she spent the following hours desperately attempting to locate Danny, ringing round all his mates and relat

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