I was playing armchair detective – then I found out the horrific secret which had haunted my family for decades

WHEN Anna Allan decided to trace her family tree, the last thing she expected to uncover was a shocking family secret.

Days after joining the site Ancestry.com, Anna, from Bridgwater, Somerset, was stunned to discover her aunt, Patricia Cupit, had been murdered on her way to school when she was just six.

Anna Allan joined Ancestry.com to learn more about her family historyJon Rowley SuppliedWhat she discovered was that her aunt Patricia Cupit was murdered on the way to school...