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It was just after midday on Monday, March 1, 1999, when a frantic call came through to the New South

Wales Emergency Services line. A panic-stricken woman was on the

other line. Um, my baby's not breathing, she exclaimed. The operator asked how old the baby was.

Twenty months, the woman replied, her voice bordering on hysterical.

She told the operator to hang on for a minute as she was in the middle of performing CPR.

A moment later, she reported that she couldn't get a heartbeat.

The operator asked the woman if she knew what was wrong with her baby.

The woman responded, but the operator wasn't sure if she'd heard correctly.

She asked the woman to repeat herself.

I've had three go already, the woman said. Craig Folk. Craig Fulbig had always wanted children.

Having been raised in a large and loving family, he looked forward to the day he could start one of his own.

That desire only intensified after Craig's mother unexpectedly died of a stroke when Craig was a teenager and his father subsequently remarried.

Craig worked hard to save money and carve out a stable life for himself so that he'd be ready to settle down when the time was right.

In 1985, Craig was enjoying a night out with friends at a Newcastle nightclub when he met a young

woman named Kathleen on the dance floor.

Although Kathleen was six years younger than Craig and had only recently moved out of home

for the first time, he was instantly drawn to her.

She had a confidence and cheekiness that he found very endearing. The two immediately hit it off and were virtually

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