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b'On December 24th, 1974, the day following the disappearances of 17-year-old Rachel Trlica, 14-year-old Renee Wilson, and 9-year-old Julie Moseley \\u2013 Rachel\\u2019s husband received a letter in the mailbox. The letter claimed to be from Rachel and said that the missing girls had gone to Houston to, quote, \\u201cget away.\\u201d They\\u2019d be back in a week, it said. Contrary to what the police initially thought, no one in the families believed the young newlywed had written the note \\u2013 let alone that the three girls who were so eager for the upcoming Holiday ran off and would miss it. The public got a hold of the letter decades later and speculation and rumor mounted. In 2017, a forensic handwriting expert weighed in with her professional opinion. Still, the mystery of the letters place in the disappearance of the Missing Trio continues to hold more questions than answers.

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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, Private Investigator Findings, and Family Notes were used as sources for this episode.

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