The Death of Robert Kelly

Moira Kelly's statement was recorded by Jonathan Sims, head archivist of the Magnus Institute. She describes her son Robert as an adventurous boy who loved to climb trees and explore deep into the forests. After he went away to university he'd come home every holiday with some new dangerous sport he'd taken up - wakeboarding or mountain biking. His last year at Yarmouth he decided to do a skydive for a charity he'd been volunteering with. When he touched it down I could see in his eyes even before he'd removed his parachute that he was in love. Since then it was rare that a month went by without him throwing himself out of a plane,. At the point where

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