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Detainment

6.72018 · 30m · EN

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Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler.

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Ely Solan

Jon

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Leon Hughes

Robert

Will O'Connell

Detective Dale

David Ryan

Detective Scott

Tara Breathnach

Susan Venables

Morgan C. Jones

Detective Roberts

Brian Fortune

Detective Jacobs

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Director: Vincent Lambe
Status: Released
Audience votes: 103

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