Daniel Morcombe's Guard of Honour

News The child-killer was given what is known in prison as a 'hot shower.' Yesterday he was in hospital and no one was sympathetic - except maybe his lawyer.

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News BRUCE Morcombe's details the pain that Brett Peter Cowan caused him and his family in his victim impact statement submitted to the Brisbane Supreme Court.

News APN goes back over the key moments in the Daniel Morcombe case - Queensland's biggest missing person investigation.

News BRUCE and Denise Morcombe can only wonder what their son Daniel could have achieved in that time if the horrible events of December 7, 2003, did not unfold.

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News CLIVE Palmer, Julia Gillard, Peter Slipper, Miranda Kerr and the Morcombes - they all had us talking in 2012 as some of the big newsmakers of the year.