My sister Milly

Haunting headlines about the missing schoolgirl splashed across front pages.

The family's worst fears realised when her body was found months later.

The years of waiting for the truth, only to learn that the killer, known to the police, lived just yards from where Milly had vanished.

Here, Gemma Dowler shares the heartbreaking account of Milly's disappearance, the suspicions that fell on the family, the fatal errors made by the police and the media's obsession that focused relentlessly on every personal, intimate and emotional aspect of the Dowlers' lives.