Summary
Two sisters, Janet Brocklehurst and Theresa Fazzani, were reunited after being separated for 51 years. Their separation happened when their father murdered their mother in 1973. They recently found each other with the help of a Facebook group.
Key Facts
- Janet Brocklehurst and Theresa Fazzani were separated as children in 1973.
- Their father, Malcolm Barnes, murdered their mother, Helen Barnes, with a hammer.
- Janet and two younger sisters were adopted, while Theresa was taken by her biological father's family.
- The sisters found each other through a Facebook group in July 2025.
- Malcolm Barnes drove the children to John O' Groats after the murder and was later arrested.
- Barnes was sentenced to life in prison but was released after nine years.
- Theresa discovered Barnes was not her biological father after being taken in by her biological father's family.
- The sisters did not remember their mother as neglectful, contrary to a newspaper report at that time.
