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How well do we know the people we choose to spend our lives with?

If you're in a relationship or have been in one in the past, can you truly say you knew everything about them?

I'd like to think I know my husband inside out,

but the truth is we can never really know everything about anyone.

I've covered so many cases where the perpetrator of a serious crime is in a relationship,

but their spouse knew nothing of their dark, sinister side.

Today's case really highlights that.

If the victim had known everything about her partner's past,

she'd probably still be alive.

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I'm Helen Elizabeth Bailey was born on the 22nd of August, 1964. She was born in Pontiland,

near to Newcastle. She was a bright and intelligent girl who achieved a degree in physiology and she had planned to become a forensic scientist. But she came across an opportunity to work in the media in product licensing and she took it. But she always had an

incredible ability to be able to write. In an interview, she recalled writing extensive diary

entries when she was a young girl and 2008, she had her first book published.

Her books were aimed at a teenage audience. They were full of teenaged angst, and the series was

titled The Crazy World of Elektra Brown. The series consisted of five novels and was very popular.

She also wrote books for younger children.

Her work is likely to be recognisable to many of you.

She wrote the Felicity Wishes series,

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