Illawarra Mercury journalist recalls covering Cheryl Grimmer's disappearance

By Lisa Wachsmuth
Updated June 16 2021 - 11:42pm, first published March 24 2017 - 8:45am

When former Illawarra Mercury journalist Geoff Failes spoke to Cheryl Grimmer’s parents the evening after she vanished, an empty spot at the family dinner table was a heartbreaking reminder of a little girl lost.

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