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On August 2, 1974, 15-year-old Cindy Howard of Onslow County, North Carolina, was abducted and murdered after going to the post office with a friend. Cindy and another 15-year-old, Karen Amabile, accepted a ride from 16-year-old Debra Ann Brown, who knew Amabile from school. Marcus Shrader was waiting nearby in a van.

According to later testimony, once the girls were in the vehicle Shrader handcuffed them, gagged them with pantyhose, and taped their eyes. He then drove to a remote area, sexually assaulted both girls, and strangled Cindy Howard and Karen Amabile. The bodies were found clothed only in their underwear in the Bear Creek area of Onslow County.

What details about that day or the Bear Creek area might help someone recall seeing the girls, the van, or anyone suspicious around the post office?