Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: The pictures show Alderton, who was three months pregnant, a week before the discovery of her strangled body on December 10. Her boyfriend, Sam Jefford, 21, told the Sun newspaper that the murderer "has taken away the two most precious things in my life.

was