
Case 112: Rachel Barber
Casefile True Crime
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The Story of a 15 Year Old Missing Girl
Michael and elizabeth barber made inquiries with local retailers along the way. Many recognized rachel from her photo, confrmed she had frequented their stores in the past. But none remembered seeing her the previous day. A sales assistant shared a similar story of being approached by a woman who told her that some one with her looks could earn a significant amount of money working at a brothel. The possibility that rachel had been coerced into sex work for cash and clothing seemed completely far fetched to her parents. They contacted the fitzroy baset brothel and was told by staff that the establishment did not acquire workers by approaching strangers on the street. Elizabeth then contacted the sex workers
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