His plan, though, hit a tragic snag on September 11, when Te'o lost both his grandmother and his girlfriend, the latter to a long battle with leukemia.
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Kekua was said to have died within hours of Te'o's real-life grandmother, who passed away on 11 September after a long illness.
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The reverend TE Nicholas (alias Nicholas of Glais) and his son Islwyn were arrested by Aberystwyth police on the evening of 11 July 1940.
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