Mum of 20-year-old stabbing victim Dylan Keelan 'found out about his death on Facebook'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukWhen Nicola Wardle scrolled through Facebook on the evening of February 4, nothing could have prepared her for what she was about to read.
Her son, work colleague and best friend Dylan Keelan, 20, had gone watching football after finishing a shift at the factory where they worked, before being invited to a mutual friend's 19th birthday party.
Despite showing some reservations about not knowing many people there, Dylan's girlfriend reassured him and told him to go and enjoy himself.
Shortly after arriving, he nipped out to go to the shops but was fatally stabbed at around 9.30pm, on Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield. READ MORE : Ex-soldier, 23, abused the mother of his child - but walks free from court after arguing he was 'too immature' to cope with being a father Tragically, it wasn't until Nicola saw Facebook posts reading: "RIP Dylan" that she became of aware that anything had happened to her son.
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