Eleanor Neale

And as soon as Geraldine heard this, it immediately worried her.

Now, for a lot of parents, it wouldn't worry them to hear that their kid has gone out to the park with a friend.

Very normal kind of stuff.

But not for Anna, remember?

She didn't have friends.

She didn't go to the park with friends.

It's very sad, but she didn't.

And so to her mother, this was actually a red flag.

She was actually concerned about who this friend was and why they were going to the park because no one ever called for Anna.

They were very worried about what this boy's motives were with their daughter.

Geraldine was just very, very concerned and she wanted what was best for her daughter.

And so at 5.30pm, she texts Anna saying,

She waited a few minutes, but she got no response.

And so she decided to text again.

This time she said, answer me now or I'm calling the police.

But again, there was no response.

Patrick mentioned to Geraldine that he'd seen the kids walking in the direction of St.

Catherine's Park.

And so Geraldine wasted absolutely no time.

She put on her coat and she went out to that park.