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ISSUE 863 FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2014
‘Disbelief, shock and horror’ By CHRISTINE McGINN
TOYS lie along the verandah, leading to the door of the yellow weatherboard home. Dogs bark and race down the hallway, panting and tapping their claws, minutes before the doorknob turns. Casey Veal, a blonde, young woman with deep, dark brown eyes opens the door. Dressed in track pants and a singlet, this is a woman who has no intention of leaving her house. She makes a cup of coffee and sits at the kitchen table. Casey remembers the night her 10-and-a-half-month-old son, Zayden, was murdered. In the background, her almost five year old son, Xavier, can be heard clicking the controller of his video game. With Wolverine-like claws, he vicariously jumps on rooftops, totally absorbed. Casey still “doesn’t have a feeling” to describe that terrible morning on June 15, 2012. “It was straight up disbelief, shock and horror,” she said.
DISBELIEF: Casey Veal says her brain has protected her from some of the horror. Photo: BILL CONROY
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“Even though that was in front of me, I couldn’t accept that, that’s not something you consider, ever. “There are lots of things I can’t remember, I see things but I can’t hear things. My brain has protected me from bits and pieces.
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