THE MISSING FORT WORTH TRIO | MIDWEEK MYSTERY
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I remember when these girls went missing. My grandparents would take me to Seminary South mall a lot. I remember one day my grandfather saying stay close to me, 3 girls went missing here 2 days ago. Can't believe they still haven't been found. Thank you so much for covering their case.
Wow
I think it’s really amazing that you make such an effort to still cover not only unsolved cases, but especially cases that aren’t really well known. I feel like a lot of the true crime community have moved more towards solved cases, which is still important in its own way, those people deserve to still have their stories heard as well. But I think you keeping unsolved cases as the main focus for your true crime content, even though these cases don’t typically get as many views as solved ones, is just really admirable,
This is a major well known case, so….
@@BJ-yy6ei I live in Fort Worth Texas and I’ve never heard of this case. I asked my family, who has lived in Ft Worth for generations, and they’d never heard of it either. It may be more well known than some cases, but I would not put it in the same category as Ted Bundy or Jack the Ripper,etc
@@clementinepuppy did mot sayyyy that. Merely, this is very well talked about in the unsolved true crime community. Several users have covered it on this platform, as well.
I just can't imagine (nor do I ever want to) having 3 loved ones just vanish into thin air. Going to their car, wishing walls could talk. The pain of never knowing. Its so heartbreaking.
I think it’s pretty sad the original PI’s files were destroyed, I know it was honoring the last wishes of a dead man but all those cases left without any potential answers. So so sad.
You know I find that kind of suspicious too. I mean this is the one guy who actually fought for the victim's families and he suddenly ends up taking his own life? What if it wasn't a suicide? Drug overdose can be orchestrated, maybe? All the files being destroyed leaves almost no hope for the case. 🙁
@@alonealien1474 i thought that too! It’s extremely suspicious he would kill himself and then demand to have his files destroyed. Someone should looks more into his death.
The 'Runaway' letter makes me believe that someone close to the girls was responsible for their disappearance.
@Ziggy Stardust Possibly, but some random or not so random 'stoner' probably isn't go to go to the trouble of writing the 'Runaway' note, JMO.
Absolutely agree with you. I've never looked outward when it comes to this. I point (all) my fingers at my own Arnold family for this Evil.
@@maggieannjarman Yes, while I don't think they are responsible, I think there is at least one member of that family that has knowledge of what happened that day.
Being that it's my family were talking about. They are Great Actors and Liars. Give them All the Oscar award all ready.
Especially Rachel's sister Debra. Debra is my mother.
Has to be someone who knows she has a husband and that they would be having problems which a break letter would have even been thought up...why not just say a vacation or a lie about why all 3 girls left
I saw "Midweek Mystery" and was so confused because I could have sworn today was Sunday. This holiday in-between is always a wild time of the year. it doesn't even feels real
same, i thought it was friday or whatnot haha
I agree with Emma Redvers, remembering the case of the wicked Ted Bundy when disguised as a police officer tried to kidnap Carol DaRoch in 1974 when she was shopping in a mall. The fact that an authority people give you the idea that you can trust them. Perhaps, this security guard approched them with some excuse and took them away as Ted Bundy did back in time.
I agree.
A bogus security guard would not bother writing a 'runaway' letter though.
Royal Russell Long sounds like a good suspect.
It’s nice to see cases from my home state get recognized. My mother went to school with the one of the girls. She was 12 when they went missing. After their disappearance, she and my aunts weren’t allowed to go anywhere on their own.
And then a couple years before I was born, the Austin Yogurt Shop Murders happened. Far enough away to not cause a panic in DFW, but still close enough to terrify parents all over the state.
This has always been one of the cases I really want answers to! I hope someday their family can find out what happened to them.
I'd never heard of this one. Thanks for sharing. I wonder if the "person they trusted" just meant a security guard or someone posing as a policeman as noted the case is marked as a non-family abduction.
Honestly, I believe that at some point someone who Rachel knew and trusted encountered her, and convinced her and the girls to accompany him on what was supposed to be a brief excursion out from Seminary South. Then, wherever they went (likely somewhere nearby), something happened and Rachel got killed. Like, maybe the guy tried to come onto her, and she and/or Renee fought back and it ended with a death or fatal injury. Panic sets in and the survivors are killed and disposed of somehow and somewhere.
Both the Websleuths posts and the Gone Cold podcast all seem to indicate that there is so much more going on in this case than meets the eye. It feels like there's so many secrets that are keeping this case from going any further, but I believe that what was going on in Rachel's life up til the day of her disappearance is the key to breaking this case wide open.
I know both Richard Wilson (Renee's father) and Kelli Jean Arnold (Rachel's cousin) believe that Tommy wrote the note, and a handwriting expert concluded it matched his handwriting apparently.
But I'd highly recommend that you listen to the Gone Cold podcast which did what is undoubtedly the most comprehensive coverage of this case to date, and it talks in depth about the note, and clears up a lot of misconceptions.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’m going to check out the Gone Cold podcast.
I am Debra's daughter and I can say without a single doubt... Tommy did not write the note.
The gone cold podcast clears up nothing. Everyone's still spinning their wheels in the wrong flippin' direction. But nobody seems to hear me.
The fort worth police department screwed this case from the moment they were called. And continued to completely screw it up every day since. One giant crap show back then and my Mother Debra had the staring role. She was questioned more than once over the years. Even took 2 polygraph's.
And just incase anyone's wondering about that.
Debra had a meltdown and ripped off the leads and angrily stormed out of the first polygraph test and left the bldg. She then LAWYERED UP and worked out which questions they could and could not ask her.
So she went back with her lawyer and took the polygraph. The results came back as INCONCLUSIVE.
That does not spell innocent.
The handwriting expert is wrong.
@@maggieannjarman Are you suggesting your mother did this?
Why would they run away on foot when they had a car?? Omg🤦🏽♀️
I know ! Really stupid that anyone would believe any of the B.S. information about this entire thing..
The story, the letter, the car.
No reason to leave the car. No one needed it.
She woulda took the damn car.
Hello hun! Another well done video. I wish the usa woukd make a federal law that all missing person cases are to be treated as crimes IMMEDIATELY and investigations started as soon as reported.
The thing is a lot of people who disappear did really run away and don't want to come back, or turn up alright eventually, or were in someone's house and forgot to inform their loved ones.
So if the police took the time to investigate every cases minusiously, the search for the ones who are in real danger would be delayed, time is of essence.
Don't get me wrong, I do think that even if the person ran away, the police should search for them.
But as I explained they really have to prioritize their time.
@@alexiamelo644 ugggh youre right. I just get emotional and get all 🤬🤬. It kills me thinking theres people out there unclaimed, not found and the families in hell with no answers.
@@maryscott9430 Your emotion is totally understandable. But yea, there’s no logistical way the police could chase after every single run away, especially the majority, which is the kind that don’t want to be found. That said, I think they should “rank” runaways depending on how shady the circumstances are or how dangerous it could be. And concentrate on the runaways who’s absence seems out of character and possibly dangerous for them.
I wonder if the security guard is involved or at least knows more? That would explain why they got into the car with him as it's a "trusted" person that you'd not think twice about and I doubt anyone else would really worry initially if they saw the girls in the back of a security car? I wonder if the driver has ever come forward or been interviewed. It's so strange and so sad that this has never been solved. I hope Rusty can close this case some day.
Reminds me of a cold case fairly recently solved--Arliss Perry--where her killer was indeed the security guard... who was the one who "found" the body.
@@sandrafaith I don't think I've heard of that case but that's just awfully sad. I just cannot imagine the poor family having no answers for so long. At least in the case of Arlis it was solved eventually but it breaks my heart that the family left behind might well pass away before ever knowing what happened. I cannot even imagine
Nope.
I'm from ft worth. And this mystery of those girls is real... I think about they story once a week...I pass by the mall 🥴 I mean multiple people has gone missing from that mall... Multiple ‼️💯
A billboard needs to be erected in front of that mall with the faces of all the missing on it.
I have never understood why "runaway cases", especially involving minors, are not taken seriously. Even if they decided to run away, if you're a minor (and didn't take anything with you) you're very likely to end up hurt in some way wether starving, taken advantage of, freezing, etc?? And ESPECIALLY if the parents are out there looking for them, why can't the police just do there job and help find them and bring them back?? The way they don't care about runaways just. Infuriates me
IDK man… I think it should be a case by case basis… I used to run away all the time as a teen and so did most of my friends. We all survived and didn’t want to be found. I think if cops spent all their resources chasing after a bunch of teenage runaways no other serious crimes would ever be solved. That said, cops need to do a better job at figuring out who probably *did* run away, and who probably *didn’t* . Anyone in their right mind would suspect these girls didn’t run away due to the circumstances of their disappearances , and the fact they had a kid with them. The authorities should’ve known that was NOT a typical teen runaway case and taken it more seriously.
I agree with you. Teens and kids who run away are at a high risk of danger, and dismissing them is just allowing evil people to come along and take advantage of them
Lazy cops mostly
They did NOT run away.
Any time there’s a case where the police drag their feet, my first guess is conspiracy.
Who or what are they protecting?
What if the girls didn’t walk out with someone they specifically knew, but instead someone they trusted? Someone with authority. The security guard theory makes sense.
Maybe even an officer? Possibly more than one.
Johnny gosch's case comes to mind
Your “first guess”…Really??? My first guess when police drag their feet is usually “laziness and/or incompetence” . A conspiracy within an entire police force is pretty rare, despite what most true crime commenters think, especially when talking about 3 missing girls, like come on 🤣🤣🤣
@@whitneyangelie3682 conspiracy within the police force is rare? In the 70s?
Lmao… they hung people. Burned entire towns of Black people. Get away with brutality. Etc.
Just say you’re ill informed and go, Whitney.
Exactly, it makes sense.
@@SammIAmm Reading comprehension must not be your thing. The OP said “whenever they hear of police dragging their feet in a case, their *first guess* is always police conspiracy”. So that’s the *first* place their mind goes every time they hear of a case where cops are doing a shitty job? Seriously?? Y’all watch too many movies if you think these bumbling cops are all getting together to commit these huge acts of conspiracy, constantly- especially when we’re talking about 3 little missing girls. Like cmon man. Have there been conspiracies perpetrated by police forces before? Yea of course. But 9 times out of 10 when cops drag their feet, it’s straight up incompetence. Most of these cops can’t think themselves out of a paper bag, let alone conspire to cover up the killing of 3 young girls, and they ALL go along with it? And nobody ever talks? They all if a sudden act like some well oiled machine when we all know they usually act more like Keystone cops and can’t keep their mouths shut when it comes to leaking to the media or telling their friends/family members? GTFOH 🤣🤣🤣 have some common sense.
It is so nice if you that you cover unsolved cases. Most of the crime people do not.
My name is Rachel and regularly sign my name incorrectly. I get caught in the flow of the "e" and end up not making the "l" loop tall enough. Not saying it isn't a forgery or written under duress. Just offering a bit of personal experience with writing the name in cursive.
@@LoNeLyBoI88Could that have been code though? By calling him “Thomas” instead of “Tommy”, was she trying to tell him something was wrong, in a way that an onlooking abductor wouldn’t suspect?
I often sign my name incorrectly too. My name has an L followed by 2 E's in it, and I often forget to make the L taller so it ends up looking like 3 Es, or I forget the L altogether. I've often had to go back and extend or insert it afterward. Not sure why my brain does that. It just does not like cursive. However, while I completely believe its possible to accidentally write your name wrong, there are just too many strange things about this letter to be written by her.
What if it WAS a stranger? Maybe they were approached by someone who said they could be models and could try out THAT day for a photoshoot? Back then, the modeling industry was blowing up...people were less assuming of the dangers that creeps use that as a way to kidnap girls. Maybe that's why they were seen happy and laughing..because they were excited? Idk just a thought. This is a heartbreaking case.
I always thought it was something like this, too. And I think the girl maybe did write the letter because she was *forced* to, and she changed her handwriting and even messed up her own signature as a sign (kinda like an SOS) to those who actually knew her.
It's possible, but I don't think a stranger would bother with a 'Runaway' letter. JMO.
@@johnflood500 I don’t think the letter negates the fact that it could’ve been a stranger. They could’ve come up with the idea just to buy themselves some time to make sure enough time goes by so that evidence can be destroyed or will corrode with time. Maybe the killer was a meticulous planner-type and was paranoid about being caught and the letter was his way of completely throwing off the investigation (and unfortunately, it seemed to have worked).
@@whitneyangelie3682 I agree the letter completely through off the investigation. It did what it needed to do. However, I do believe its author was known to the girls
I also think it's possible the girls where not abducted from the Mall. Not one verified witness to the event. I think the disappearances where due to a 'domestic' situation and two of the girls were in the wrong place at the wring time, unfortunately. JMO.
@@johnflood500 It’s very possible. I’m not really leaning one way or the other but I do agree that probably one of the girls was more of the “target” and the others collateral damage.
I hate that we may never get an answer ugh so frustrating! I’ve heard of this case a few years ago and it still boggles my mind
Ahhh!! I am from Dallas Fort Worth born and raised, and still live in the metroplex now. I am in the Fort Worth trio missing Facebook group, and the family really really deserves and needs answers. I was so sad when they had divers go into the lakes and pull out three cars, and none of them helped with the case. This case puzzles the crap out of me because how do three people just go missing all at once without a trace??? My theory is a serial killer who played cover as a cop or security guard to gain their trust. There are many local theories about this case. Most of which include Rachels husband Tommy, but I don’t personally believe he’s involved. I’m sure their remains are somewhere in Texas, and I really hope there are answers soon. I can’t believe it’s been near 50 years.
Blah blah blah. I don't beleive for one moment that a serial killer did this.
Quit looking outward for the answers. Look towards my family for the answers.
@@maggieannjarman hi MaggieAnn- please enlighten me. Seeing as this case has been unsolved and cold as ever for the past 48 years- it’s not completely outwards to think it could be serial killer related. It could be quite literally anything. There’s far and few between clues. I see on Facebook you are also a DFW native- would love to hear your insight.
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I am Debra Arnolds daughter. Rachel was my aunt.
@@maggieannjarman and you think that whoever did it knew the girls?
@@maggieannjarman what do you know? There's 22 girls bodies found in the killing fields with no suspect for their kids killer.
Tommy's history to me is proof that he would have just divorced her.
I truly feel bad for Tommy. Dealing with my Arnold family was not an easy task.
I know first hand just how deep that nasty rabbit hole goes with most all of them. I steer clear from that Evil.
@@maggieannjarmanI’m so sorry you believe your Mom was involved and I feel so badly for everyone. I know it’s a possibility but a horrific thing to do to family and friends if true. I hope someday the truth will be known and the killer brought to justice. They deserve to rot.
Your videos haven’t been showing up on my notifications 😢 I have all notifications on… I searched your name and there were 12…. Twelve videos that I haven’t been notified for. So happy to have videos to binge now!!!
I listened to this podcast at work today, and it was doubly chilling because this case feels like Picnic at Hanging Rock come to life.
I don’t know why they’re saying they ran away anyway. How many nine years do you know that run away and stay gone for years? None that I’ve ever heard of. I also don’t think the older girls would take a nine-year-old to run away with them.
My grandparents lived 15 minutes from that mall and I remembered that day well.
Thank you for sharing this! I've never been this early! Hi from Western Australia
Hi, I am new to you page. I am pretty sure they would not run away with a 9 year old, that is kidnapping and why were they not searching the entire country for the 9 year old if they thought they ran away?
I'm so glad this case hasn't been forgotten and you did a great job with it, considering how old it is znd how much conflicting information is out there. I don't believe the three ran away for a second. But abductions of three people simultaneously are so rare that we often discuss cases to this day that involve those scenarios because they're so unique. I tend to think Rachel did write the letter, and it was mailed Dec. 23rd. I've seen a lot of discussion online about it and there seems to be general agreement that local mail instate could certainly have been that fast even back then. But I find it hard to believe she wrote it voluntarily, and I think using Tommy's full name was her way of trying to indicate that. Mostly I think this because it really does look like a teen girls handwriting and I think that is hard to mimic without giving clear indications of forgery, which I have to think the FBI would have noticed.
14 hours ago?
@@ripper6342 I'm a channel member with the TH-cam subscription thingy so I get access to some videos early. It's fun because I look like I time traveled to leave a comment!
One of the cases that keeps me up at night consistently tbh
I feel so bad for Rusty. But I think he’s letting grief cloud his judgement about Tommy. It just doesn’t make sense that Tommy would decide to harm Rachel (& the other girls) to get out of a marriage, when he has been married & divorced both before & after. He clearly had no hang up about divorce. But I can’t bring myself to criticize Rusty too harshly, I can’t even imagine loosing one of my sisters & not having answers.
Don't feel bad for my Uncle Rusty or any of them. He and they are not who they appear to be.
Let me give you a small taste of what kind of Scumbag Rusty is. I am his niece. A few years back. Rusty faked a DNA test. He produced a document stating that my Grandfather was a match to be my biological father. For two years he kept up the Big Lie and had me believe I was his sister. 🔥When a new DNA test was done and proved it to not be true. I and a few other folks contacted the DNA Laboratory that Rusty (supposedly) had the DNA test done at. They had absolutely zero records of Rusty, me or my Grandfathers dna test in their system. And Rusty could also NOT provide proof of that financial purchase of said supposed test.
He is a awFull sick ass scumbag and I will never forgive him for the severe emotional damage he caused me. That is just one of very many devasting blows my biological family has sickly delt out my way along the years.
Thanks for making my day better Georgia🥰
First time I've heard this story. I hope a solution will be found. Someone knows something. Thanks for reporting this.
Am new to your channel, really enjoy your content, thought provoking and really well presented. Thankyou Georgia for your content 💜👏
With all the Dna technology we have today , I hope someone can examine that letter !! Sadly no cameras back in the day SMH!
Pretty much impossible to single out DNA with all the handling of it by family & analysts 17 years prior to DNA testing.
Tommy seems so suspect.
I’m from Texas and have never heard of this until now!☹️💕 They were so beautiful I hope this is solved soon!
I heard this story a few times before but I think it is important it is retold again and again until hopefully one day it is solved. Very well explained by Georgia. I would love it if the murder of Alan livesey had more coverage by some of the you tubers. It happened in bamber bridge preston about 25 miles from where I live. His mother was wrongly accused. I don’t believe they ever found the real killer. Although relatively local to me I only heard of it from a tv programme called rough justice.
After watching some videos lately of divers finding cars at the bottom of waterways, I wonder how many other bodies of water around that area could be searched. So many cases have been solved by finding these cars.
Agree 100%, but in this case the car isn't missing. It was found in the parking lot of the shopping center.
@@sandrafaith yes the one girls car was. What if whoever took them had a separate car and sent them into a body of water in that car...possibility.
I am familiar with this case, Rusty used to have a blog, not sure if it still exists. Calling this family dysfunctional is putting it nicely. Back in the day he did blame his sister and said her actions were suspicious. She has never assisted in finding out what happened to her sister unlike Rusty. Feel bad for Julie Mosley's mom not sure why she was not included as she tirelessly tried to find out what happened to her daughter, was sad to learn from this video she had passed.
Not included in what?
Debra, Rachel's sister, has tried to help. Just not as publicly as my dad, Rusty.
Don't bother being nice when describing them. They are beyond being a dysfunctional family.
They are like a hijacked plane that crashed into a passenger train derailment. I stay away from them.
@@summerarnold3337 🤣
@@summerarnold3337 MY MOTHER... YOUR AUNT DEBRA... IS A MASTERFULLY WICKED GOD-DAMNED LIAR
And so is your Dad.
Let's tell everyone about the DNA test he faked ! Handing me the laboratory paperwork along with a tearfull story. He had me really believing that my Grandfather was my biological Father and he(Rusty) was my BROTHER 🤬🤮.All to help mold a false reason/storyline to further point fingers in Debra's direction. She IS guilty enough without doing any that mess. Put me right into the middle of this continuous missingtrio very fkd off storyline. Feel free to try to cover your dad's butt and delete my commentary. I've saved it in a screenshot for public record.
Happy New Year to you and yours and Thankyou for all your hard work this past year. I appreciate you x
I work with human trafficking victims and there's two things that make me question the validity of that theory in this particular case. Of course, I can only speak based of my training and experience, not based on specific knowledge of this case. I just don't think these girls fit the research-based profile of trafficking victims. As disturbing as it sounds, the two older girls would be considered "too old" for most traffickers. Those perps want young kids (I believe the most common age for entry into trafficking is 11 but the research varies) who they can more easily brainwash and control, and many of their clients are likely pedophilic and looking for very young girls, as well. Now, of course, Julie was only 9 (which is a more typical age for traffickers to target), so theoretically the older girls may have been kidnapped either just to get to her or as additional but not primary targets. But I think most traffickers would have been uninterested in them, viewing them as a risky barrier to get past. Additionally, these girls don't fit there profile because most traffickers are going to target people with fewer ties to the community, such as children who have already run away and are homeless, possibly already engaged in sex work or drug trafficking. Other risk factors include being a person of color, being LGBT (especially trans youth), having mental or physical disabilities, not speaking the primary language of the area, and being undocumented. A kidnapper might not have known their whole life story, but they develop very keen eyes for spotting victims who, in their eyes, wouldn't be missed, and I just don't think they'd have focused on these three.
They wouldn't bother with a 'Runaway' letter either.
@@johnflood500 True. They've got twisted webs that guarantee even if the crime is discovered, it'll be damn near impossible to discover the root of the problem.
I know someone whose son went missing at 16… people started putting trafficking in her head, & I think she chose to believe that rather than to think that he was gone forever.
last video? merry Christmas to you and yours, Georgia! and merry Christmas everyone!!💖💖
This is one of the strangest cases that has never made sense. I am pretty sure these girls did not run away.
What angers me is many eyewitnesses never come out and speak. I know some are afraid of speaking, fearing who ever kills, rapes, molests or steals, will come for them, but we're all human beings, and we all follow some sort of code. Morality is something almost everyone follows. If you see a crime take place or knows someone whose broke the law, why remain silent and walk away? You should inform immediately. Families are devastated when know nobody says anything until years later when the case become a cold case. It hurts them, the community and society in general.
There are billboards up now with what the girls might look like today. I sure hope the billboards work to trigger someone’s memory or conscious.
Glad to see this case still getting attention. The girls went missing 1 week before i was born, and I have lived in Ft. Worth all my life. So this is a case that gets mentioned alot. There is even a Facebook page dedicated to it, hoping someone might post information that can bring closure to this case
Am I tripping or did anyone else get tripped up about midweek mystery? I was like "Wait, what's today again?". Not trying to be one of "those" viewers, but still wanted to know if this gliched anyone else's matrix?
Thank you, Georgia 🖤🖤🖤
These are the cases that need to be solved.
Hearing that the police didn't want to explore the idea of checking the nearby lake, that is one of the easiest ways to hide evidence of a crime either going down with it or driving in to let their secrets & crimes sink with it. I think Rusty had a good idea to explore the lake idea, wish the cops would entertain that idea.
i'm 53 and this case happened when i was a kid. i did not find out about it til' the mid 80's and that was only because i was a geek who was interested in unsolved cases this was many moons before the internet. how does a person yer age in another country find out about cases like this even most americans don't know this case it did not get alot of press in its time but then again the media was much more limited early 70's than it is now cases like this in general only got local press and even that was pretty limited in comparison with today.
Thank you for your video Georgia, great listen as always :)
Hi Georgia, I hope you are well, I love all your videos, they are amazing. Quick question, do you still do midweek mystery every week? Me and my daughters love watching the mysteries every Wednesday x
I know that every case has a chance of being solved one day, but the fact it's been nearly 50 years now and there's still no trace of these girls is so, so sad. I hope one day soon their families can have answers
New subscriber here: Been lurking and watching for a while. I like the fact you permanently sound like you have a cold and that you have a girlfriend. Great covering of crimes ❤️
Thank you!
As a Houston native, the “we’re going to Houston” concerns me, especially after hearing the human trafficking theory. Houston is basically the human trafficking capital of the world, so it’s possible that’s what happened. It also goes along with them willingly leaving with someone they trust. Only issue with the Houston connection is who knows if they made it there or not
When you talk about the cat you have to pay the cat tax and show her to us.
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So, with her name being written in the upper corner of the note, and then signed again, is it possible whoever wrote the note forced Rachel to write her name in some attempt to mimic her handwriting? It's kind of weird because you'd think you'd need the whole alphabet to do that but idk
I think Rachel herself wrote this note,she was forced to do it.
Happy New Year Georgia!
This case really bothers me. Nice, concise coverage of it! One small thing, if you can edit the title, it's missing the word WORTH :)
There is no way that I would believe that a mailman put the "runaway letter" in the mailbox. The highest volume of first class letters was always the week before Christmas. With that date on the postmark (and Tommy said that there was no other mail in the mailbox with the letter), someone (and it might not have been a kidnapper) took the letter to a post office to have it postmarked, then put it in the mailbox to be found. The person who took the letter to the post office might have even been told by a postal clerk that, if mailed, the letter would never make it for out-of-town delivery overnight.
We have seen many instances of abductions or attempted abductions from malls by many serial killers and it appears obvious this is what happened here. What happened after that god knows, but if you are taken to second location it is never good. The letter may or may not be real, but in either case it doesn't really matter. If it's fake it's just an annoyance, if it's real it is the guy buying time. No matter what, they were likely dead soon afterwards.
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Why are the US police force obsessed with 'runaways?' I have heard this so often on unsolved cases, and it generally transpires to be a misjudgment, and the missing person is never seen or heard from again. In this case, three runaways, all in agreement, seems highly unlikely to me.
Because most of the time missing teens actually are runaways. Unsolved cases of course usually don't talk about runaways, so it makes sense for you to always think of that suspicion as a misjudgement.
because they’re lazy
Police success rate in solving cases has always been below 20%
Love your channel. My thoughts...back then post office rules were more lax than now especially in smaller towns. I am thinking the stamp on the letter is a big clue here. One of the smaller towns post office would have realized the stamp was worn .ie the 3 or 8. The stamp would have been retired and/or disposed of by whatever means deemed appropriate. This would mean someone, perhaps the unidentified suspect, had access to this stamp. They could have very easily hand delivered this letter without it ever going through the Post Office by stamping it themselves. There are a few possibilities with this. Maybe the suspect worked at the PO or maybe had a relative in the PO. It is also possible the suspect was a security person and/or post person? Maybe the girls knew him and would have felt safe. Given the letter clues only a few people would have known the husband by his given name- family, professional, school friend/teacher( especially with the "misspelled names). Just sharing some thoughts on this case. Wishing the family answers.
Thanks for the link,however i have been studying this case for over 34 years, and i will first tell you this that it had nothing to do with teenage runaways, and two it had nothing to do with a family abduction. This case in the fort worth Texas case, is that the girls was abducted by a lurking serial killer who signature MO was scoping out young girls and women, and abducting them from public parking lot of establishments where the victims last known locations, and one man who lived in the state of Texas in the 70's exactly around the same time as the fort worth Texas girls disappearances, the same man who was living a quiet life in forth worth in 2021,when new DNA evidence Linked him to a notorious crime.. police already suspected that it wasn't this man first abduction in forth worth and murder, or his last.. he has lived in fort worth for nearly 50 years around the same time as the fort worth Texas trios when dna linked him to a 1974 abduction and murder of 17 year old Carla walker..the man name was glen mccurley. Mccurley on feb 17,1974 he abducted 17 year old Carla walker from a fort worth Texas bowling alley after attacking her boyfriend knocking him unconscious! And he then abducted carla and took her somewhere where he brutally raped and murdered her. Her body was found feb 19,1974 in a ditch south of fort worth Texas. Mccurley now 80 was arrested after the dna link to the feb17, 1974 fort worth Texas abduction and murder of 17 year old Carla walker September 22,2020.. he was sentenced to life imprisonment for her abduction and murder of Carla walker and died some time around lastyear, the question remains by law enforcement officials, is that was Carla walker his first and last victim? As police still investigating him as a serial killer of fort worth Texas of the 70's and 80's. What links him to the fort worth trios case is for one, both cases, the Carla walker case and the fort worth Texas trios case is that both cases occurred in the same state of fort worth Texas, and both cases occurred only nine months from each other, and lastly in both cases Carla walker, and the fort worth trios case all four girls encountered their kidnappers at public parking lots Carla at a fort worth Texas bowling alley parking lot, and the three girls at a fort worth Texas shopping mall, as this means it definitely connected and it's my opinion that the man who abducted the three girls could have been glen mccurley..
I do believe they knew the person probably just saw getting ride or just talking outside and they took then.....very sad this girl i don't believe are alive.....hope i am wrong.
Do we know if the car was working okay? Since there was some shopping bags already in the car it makes me wonder if something happened with their car and they went to go get help and just happened to stumble upon someone they knew who offered them help/a ride or whatever. Whether it was the car randomly stopped working or someone purposely did it and put the part back
There were no shopping bags from the Mall in the car.
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There is no way it was a runaway situation. There had to be at least two people. I would think it would be harder to abduct 3 people at on time. The letter was to stall for time so could have possibly been some one they knew.
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I'm inclined to think the girls went with someone posing as a security guard or police officer. It makes the most sense to me
I don't think someone posing as a security guard or police officer would bother with the note though.
@@johnflood500unless they were hired by her sister and she wrote the note.
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What about Carla Walker‘s murderer. I think the brother should look into that.
Comment for engagement!! Really dont have anything to comment on with this case
Poor girl.
If the car has never been found then it is most likely under water with all 3 bodies still inside. It would not be the first time.
That Tommy got and still gets about don't he and him and the ex seem both shady af. Extremely weird case though, never heard of it until today somewhere else. Wanted to get more info on it as the other video didn't go into that much depth, you was very insightful thanks
Has anyone ever tri2d to connect this case to the murder of Carla Walker? The perpetrator drove a pick-up, not sure what color, there was a mystery letter involved, and he had a .22 which would have made it easy to force 3 girls into a vehicle.
Every scenario that I can think of just he's thrown off by little Julie being in the mix. To me it seems that the teen girls were the targets here, but I just don't know why someone would risk abducting three girls instead of one of two. Any scenario that I can think of little Julie just doesn't fit into it. I know that sex trafficking schemes don't discriminate by age, but I'm just not seeing why abduct two developed teen girls and one little girl. I know a child predator is a predator, but I think only pedophiles are attracted to prepubescent girls. That's what I can't make sense of. It had to be someone the girls knew well for them to go willinly OR if it was a stranger they had to be under the impression that he/ they were helping them with something. Otherwise it makes no sense for three girls to be abducted in broad daylight at a mall the day before Christmas Eve without no-one noticing a dispute or struggle of some kind. This is an odd one for sure.
Theory:
Maybe they were runaways with someone else but that someone killed them
Do you have an auto cue?
It’s certainly possible the girls survived for a period of time after disappearing sadly I doubt they’re still alive today but according to PI Dan James Rachel may still be alive which raises a bunch of questions some have suggested Sex trafficking
security guard
it is mostly someone they trust who do you trust authority
What mall was it ?
the town center
what a mystery. i love a good mystery, although it frustrates me haha. i guess someone really abducted them that day...:(
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My mammaw was supposed to go shopping with them that day but had to work
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Catch it meaning catch hell. And you don't not return a minor. No one heard screaming?
El Dorado Jane Doe’s ex-boyfriend/killer claimed that she was “best friends” with the Fort Worth Trio. He said that they were all trafficked and that “the young one” died giving birth. He said that they remained in the area and chose to stay as “sex workers” of their own volition. IDK if this is true as he was telling these stories from prison to hopefully get something, but I thought it was interesting.
El Doroda jane doe's ex boyfriend/ murderer is a pathological liar.
@@faiza515 True, I’ve written a paper on her case and just thought it was an interesting addition
He sounds full of it… like he doesn’t remember the 70s.