Julie Ann Moseley, 9, vanished from Fort Worth, Texas, on December 23, 1974, after joining friends Mary Rachel Trlica, 17, and Lisa Renee Wilson, 14, for last-minute Christmas shopping at Seminary South Shopping Center. The girls were expected home by 6:00 PM but never arrived. Rachel’s car was later found locked in the shopping center parking lot with the girls’ purchases inside and no signs of the trio.

The next day a letter supposedly from Rachel was sent to her husband saying the girls had gone to Houston and would return in a week, but handwriting experts and acquaintances have long questioned its authenticity. Over the years multiple tips and alleged sightings surfaced, including unverified reports that the girls were forced into a pickup truck or a van, but none produced confirmation. Authorities have said the girls may have left with someone they knew and then suffered foul play, yet the case remains unsolved.