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Exclusive interview: the parents of Ellie Soutter, the British snowboarder who took her own life on her 18th birthday
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Ellie Soutter's haunting final photos show Team GB snowboarder smiling just weeks before she took her own life on 18th birthday | The Sun
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Ellie Soutter killed herself in remote woodland just before her 18th birthday party, her family reveal - Mirror Online
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Ellie Soutter killed herself in remote woodland just before her 18th birthday party, her family reveal - Mirror Online
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Ellie Soutter killed herself in remote woodland just before her 18th birthday party, her family reveal - Mirror Online
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Snowboarder Ellie Soutter was 'happy and excited about life' before she killed herself in French woodland on her 18th birthday, her uncle reveals | The Sun
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Ellie Soutter's haunting final photos show Team GB snowboarder smiling just weeks before she took her own life on 18th birthday | The Sun
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With Team GB snb athletes Maisie Hill and Ellie Soutter at the Youth Olympics in Erzurum, Turkey - Picture of Mayhew Snowboarding, Tignes - Tripadvisor
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Snowboarder Ellie Soutter was 'happy and excited about life' before she killed herself in French woodland on her 18th birthday, her uncle reveals | The Sun
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Ellie Soutter killed herself in remote woodland just before her 18th birthday party, her family reveal - Mirror Online
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Ellie Soutter's mother tells of harrowing moment she learned her daughter was dead | Daily Mail Online
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The Ellie Soutter Foundation announces second athlete sponsorship on first anniversary of Ellie's death - Racer Ready Magazine
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Exclusive interview: the parents of Ellie Soutter, the British snowboarder who took her own life on her 18th birthday
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