He was a bright happy boy who was loved by all who knew him.

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Margaret Dudley, headteacher at Fleetwood High School, where Mrs Palmer worked, said Max was a pupil at a local primary school and described him as a "bright young boy".

BBC: Drowned boy was 'exceptional'

Judge Andrew Patience QC said "the life of a happy, bright, talented boy was wasted" and described the case as an "appalling human tragedy".

BBC: Mother detained for drowning son

When Jason asked questions about Michael's changing face in the videos, I showed him the beautiful brown-skinned, bright-eyed little boy who grew up in my family's living room.

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It never occurs to us that an actual little boy, however bright, however maddened by grief, could talk this way.

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She wrapped the necklace around her finger again, and this time it popped loose, flinging itself from her neck onto a bright, fuzzy photograph of a boy and a girl, laughing, having fun against a backdrop of sparkling water.

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Officer Sylvia Dimenna, who traveled to the hospital and remained there with the boy, said he was very bright and articulate but tired.

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Officer Sylvia Dimenna, who traveled in the ambulance with the boy and stayed with him at the hospital, said he was very bright and articulate but tired.

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