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Condensation formed in the bitter air every time the dog panted.

Tailed by a police handler,

the animal carefully padded through the thick snow that carpeted the woodland floor.

While the conditions weren't ideal for the search party, the snow preserved odour particles

in a concentrated area. The dogs had a better chance of picking up on something useful.

When one dog suddenly tugged against its handler's lead, the officer's heart sank

because they knew the outcome wouldn't be what they hoped for. Welcome to Season 11, episode 22 of

They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.

It was a week after Easter and children were between school terms.

Eleven-year-old Philip Green enjoyed his studies. His favourite lesson was science.

Even so, he was glad to have time off after starting secondary school at Lawrence Western Comprehensive the previous autumn.

Philip and his parents, Iver and Gladys, lived on Elburton Road in Seamills, a suburb less than four

miles from Bristol City Centre. Semi-detached houses lined either side of the street,

and many of the families who lived there brought their children up together. Philip had known

Christine Bennett and her brother John since they were tiny.

On the morning of Tuesday, March 31st, 1970, Philip called at the Bennett household just two doors down from his home.

It was cold, but the children weren't deterred. Christine and John Bennett put on their coats and took their dog shanty with them.

The group walked down to the fields below Coombe Dingle, where they watched the horse's grace.

They made plans to do the same thing the following day.

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