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On the morning of Saturday, April 5, 2008, married couple Tumas and Kutterina Lungton left their home in the Swedish city of Stockholm to begin a long journey northwest through the countryside.

190 kilometres later, they reached their destination, the small inland village of Sharon Soent.

The Lungtons were visiting their friends, the Toulbes, who lived nearby on the edge of Lake Gricken.

Toulmes had brought his brand new digital camera with him, and he spent the day testing it out by documenting the group's activities.

After a barbecue lunch, they took a stroll into town.

As they wandered down the rural forested roads towards Sharon Soent, Toulmes snapped candid photos of their journey, capturing the trees, birds and people they passed along the way.

It was about 2.15pm when the group emerged from the forest and onto a main country road.

There, Toulmes spotted a young girl riding a white hybrid-style bicycle towards them.

She was wearing black sports shoes, black tracksuit pants and an olive green winter coat zipped up to her chin.

Her long brown hair was pulled back by a headband, and her brown eyes looked out from behind a pair of burgundy rimmed glasses, focused on the road ahead.

Eager to test out the sports feature of his new camera, Toulmes dashed across to the other side of the road and took a series of photos of the young cyclist as she peddled past.

When Toulmes rejoined his group, his friend Ula Torbhi asked,

wasn't that Karina's daughter, Angla?

Ula's husband turned around just as the girl was preparing to turn right onto a gravel track that led into the forest.

Sharon Soent had barely 100 residents, making it easy to recognise 10-year-old Angla Herglund.

It was clear she was heading home, as her family's cottage was nestled in the forest just over 500 metres away.

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