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Missing Victoria "Tori" Stafford, 8, is shown in this photo copied from a poster, in Woodstock, Ont. on April 10, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Cassandra Craig and Shiloh Roth hang a poster for then-missing Victoria "Tori" Stafford, 8, on a street corner in Woodstock, Ont. on Friday April 10, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Tiffany Ackers hands out a poster for then-missing Victoria "Tori" Stafford, 8, on a street corner in Woodstock, Ont. on Friday April 10, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Victoria Stafford's mother Tara McDonald hugs her son Daryn, and partner James Gorris at a community candlelight vigil on the fourth day of the search for then-missing eight-year-old in Woodstock, Ontario, Sunday, April 12, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Hundreds of purple balloons containing information about then-missing Victoria Stafford were released into the sky in Woodstock, Ontario, Thursday, April 16, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Kathleen Elserie walks near a sign posted at a church for the then-missing Victoria Stafford on Monday, April 20, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Victoria Stafford's mother Tara McDonald clutches Victoria's school photo that was taken the day before she disappeared as she speaks to reporters in Woodstock, Ont., Wednesday, April 22, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Trish and Jeremy Millson wear shirts in support of then missing Victoria (Tori) Stafford, at a vigil ceremony in Ingersoll, Monday May, 18, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Victoria Stafford's father Rodney Stafford is overcome with emotion after he was told of charges being laid by police in the case of his missing eight-year-old daughter in Woodstock, Ont., Wednesday, May 20, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Michael Thomas Rafferty (right), charged with murder in the case of missing eight-year-old girl Victoria (Tori) Stafford, is led from court in Woodstock, Ont., Wednesday, May 20, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Sarah Ditchfield writes "We will miss you Tori" on the sidewalk near Victoria "Tori" Stafford's home on May 20, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Victoria Stafford's father Rodney Stafford and grandmother Doreen Graichen are overcome with emotion as they watch a police press conference on television on May 20, 2009 in Woodstock, Ontario.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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James Goris partner of Victoria "Tori" Stafford's mother Tara McDonald hugs a bear left at their home as Tara speaks to the media, Friday, May 22, 2009 in Woodstock, Ontario.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Victoria Stafford's father Rodney Stafford speaks at a memorial sevice for the murdered eight-year-old in Woodstock, Ontario, Saturday, June 6, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Victoria Stafford's mother Tara McDonald and father Rodney Stafford stand by her 11-year-old brother Daryn Stafford as he speaks about his sister at a memorial sevice for the murdered eight-year-old in Woodstock, Ontario, Saturday, June 6, 2009.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Police and attendants from the Hendrick Funeral Home load the remains of a child into a hearse after a body was found in a field near Mount Forest, Ont. on Monday, July 20, 2009.Darren Calabrese/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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A tearful Tara McDonald, mother of slain eight-year-old Woodstock girl Victoria Stafford, receives a hug from partner James Goris during a break in proceedings at the trial for Michael Rafferty, the accused in her daughter's murder in London Ontario,Tuesday, March 13, 2012.Geoff Robins/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Terri-Lynne McClintic is transported from court for proceedings in the Michael Rafferty murder trial in London, Ontario, Wednesday, March, 21, 2012.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Michael Rafferty is transported from the courthouse in the back of police cruiser in London, Ontario, Wednesday, March, 14, 2012.Dave Chidley/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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