Wow. That is something I have not heard before and really does support that this was planned. From what I have read, it seemed sort of last-minute: ask this friend, ask mom, etc., if they wanted to go shopping.
That lucky/poor girl who elected not to go. This must stay with her. I would assume that friend was around the same age as Rachel and Renee?
I apologize for all my questions And I thank you for answering. I read through everything before I formed an opinion and now I’m trying to nail down specifics of things I don’t believe have been asked before, or at least not in this context.
Possible motives if we assume it was premeditated (which of course we don’t know for sure): jealousy (Rachel getting married and moving out), money (money being lost because can no longer sell “goods”—I read this detail somewhere else; or money being gained via trafficking—we know there were money problems) ... what other possibilities? There was a suspected pregnancy, and not the first among the girls in the family.
I recall a family insider saying TT did not know at the time about Rachel’s home life. I had assumed it was an open secret locally based on earlier posts. It must have been difficult to have the daily continued connection with her father and husband working together.
Seems like I assumed a lot based on what I have read, and you know what they say about assuming ...