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DENISE and Bruce Morcombe were showered with hugs and messages of gratitude when they stopped by Warwick on Tuesday afternoon to sign copies of their new book. Dozens lined up patiently at Leslie Park to meet the much- admired couple, who posted a message on Facebook about their impending arrival only hours earlier. Mr Morcombe said he was shocked by the turn-out. “Warwick is double the interest of anywhere else we’ve been,” he said. “We’re just so flabbergasted.” The book, Where is Daniel?, covers the decade-long investigation into the disappearance and murder of their son and the extraordinary courage, dignity, persistence and fortitude the pair displayed under unbearable circumstances. Daniel was snatched from the Sunshine Coast while waiting for a bus on 7 December 2003. Since forming the Daniel Morcombe Foundation in 2005, the extraordinary couple have committed themselves to educating children on stranger danger and where in the region having presented to students at Clifton earlier in the day. “We just throw a box (of books) in the car just as a courtesy, not to get extra sales,” Mr Morcombe said, who was dressed, along with his wife in obligatory red, the colour of the T-shirt Daniel was wearing the day he disappeared. “We say if you’re in town and you’ve brought one we are happy to
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