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Two young girls who went door-knocking in the days leading up to Halloween were raped and murdered on a beach. ‌

Patricia Leedie, 9, and Leanne Oliver, 10, were out trying to earn some pocket money. While Oliver's parents were at a Sunday afternoon barbecue in a neighbour's back garden, the girls decided to go door-knocking. ‌

The friends were no strangers to odd jobs for a bit of cash - they had previously asked neighbours if they could do some chores in return for money. But on that fateful day on 29 October 1995, they didn't return home. ‌

Both girls were last seen around 3pm that day. By 7pm, they were reported missing, and a huge search was launched. The authorities scoured the area until midnight, then resumed the search at dawn, the Express US reports

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