'We're determined to find out who killed our son'
The picture circulated of Mark Billington following his disappearance was his last school photograph
"He sat there and he looked around the room and I put my hands out to him and he put his hands out - he was mine," she said. When the newsagent rang to say he had not turned up for his paper round at 17:00, something Mark never missed, Mr Billington said "alarm bells" started to ring. As soon as they arrived at the police station to identify his clothes, Mr and Mrs Billington said they had been met by an officer who said Mark's death was a suicide.When his parents learnt the details of how his body was discovered, they were further convinced he couldn't have taken his own life.
"We believed everything we were told, we are old school.... the police are up there, you're down there - if you want help, you go to the police."While grieving and dealing with the investigation, she said they had faced "horrendous" attention from the press and had been forced to send their two younger children to stay with friends to keep them safe.
The conviction led to police looking at several unsolved murder cases to see if they were connected to Field.But when the murder inquiry was publicised, it stressed Field had not been interviewed regarding Mark's death.
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