Running Wild. Adam Phillips

Turner, security guards.

      All investigation into the Pangbourne Massacre confirms that not a single adult present in the estate on the morning of 25 June survived the murderous half-hour which began at approximately 8.23 a.m.

       The Missing Children

      I looked at the photographs of the thirteen children, a group of thoughtful and pleasant adolescents smiling out of their school speech-day portraits and holiday snapshots. All attempts to trace their whereabouts have failed, despite computerized searches of their dental records, blood groups and medical histories. Four of the thirteen were on courses of prescribed drugs (for hay-fever, asthma and tinnitus), five were receiving orthodontic treatment, and one was under nominal psychiatric care (Jeremy Maxted, seventeen, for bedwetting). Despite what was clearly over-zealous prescription by their physicians, the latter willingly confirmed that the thirteen children were well-nourished and enjoyed robust good health.