Luke Batty's father showed the boy a knife and told him they could "go to a better world together" and "this could be the one to end it all", an inquest into the 11-year-old's death has heard.
Australia's selectors responded to the disaster in the most direct way by calling in rival seam bowlers Doug Bollinger and Ryan Harris, and yesterday the head coach Tim Nielsen, a London-born wicketkeeper-batsman who played more than a hundred times for South Australia, made it clear he was preparing what could well be the mother of all bowling inquests.
The family of Rashan Charles released a statement today noting the new phrase of the investigation, commenting that the "pace of the investigation, the delays in suspending the officer, and the projected year long wait for an inquest" all combined to "work against the interests of Rashan, his family, and his close friends".
A public inquiry serves all the purposes an inquest could.
At the inquest, it all came out about the letter that Ryan had left, with messages for Yvonne — how amazing she was, how his life wasn't worth living without her.
There is also the suggestion that the laws that keep secret any telephone-tapping activity by the security services may be enacted in this case – meaning that an open inquest, where all the evidence is presented to a coroner and a jury, might never take place.
But before that there will be all manner of inquests concerning the way the Spanish giants fought Wednesday's first leg.
"While I am confident that all of the inquests handled were done so correctly, I apologise if this matter causes distress to the families and friends of the deceased.
God knows English football needed a tournament to salve wounds, to mend a broken reputation overseas, with the tragedies of Heysel and Hillsborough – which didn't have the luxury then of the truth that is emerging at the current inquests all these years later – still so close in our minds and hearts.
But he says the inquest jury heard all the evidence.
