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You are listening to The Evidence Locker.

Our cases have been researched using open source and archive materials.

It deals with true crimes and real people. Each episode is

produced with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved ones.

Matthew Howell, a 22-year-old St Andrew's student who went to Russia on an exchange program was the eldest of nine children.

His mother died when he was five years old and his father remarried.

One fateful night in May 2007, as Matthew and his fellow student and friend Jeff left

their accommodation in St. Petersburg, they were goofing around his young students do.

Then tragedy struck.

Matthew lost his grip on a stairwell railing and fell to his death, down four floors onto a concrete floor below.

When his father, who lived in Ireland, heard of the tragic news, he was devastated.

Matthew was his pride and joy, the perfect son.

In an interview with the media, Colin Hall said,

Faith is getting us through this.

People ask why, it's the eternal question. We trust God with

understanding more than we do. Not everyone will understand that, but some will.

Matthew's deeply religious father felt that he understood exactly why Matthew had to die.

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