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That night in early summer nineteen sixty-eight would be the last of the young couple's earthly nights together. In the early hours of the morning, a freakish short-circuit occurred, causing a spark in the fuse box on the side of the house. The spark ignited shavings from a hole drilled in timber, and the little cottage went up like a tinderbox. Nick and Patricia never woke. They died from smoke inhalation, cuddled in their bed together. Their remains were found by the fire crew in the morning.