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    DEADLY DECEPTION Our sweet Renae was killed BY AN ONLINE HOAX

    Oct 13, 2021 5 minutes
    As told to April Glover

    Teresa Marsden, 50, Sydney, NSW

    My girl Renae, 20, always had time for her family. The eldest of four, she adored babysitting her sister Monique, then seven, and spending time with her brothers Jake, nine, and Luke, 12.

    ‘Let’s go to lunch, Mum!’ Renae would beam, taking me out on her day off.

    ‘Wouldn’t you rather hang with your friends?’ I’d ask her, hesitating.

    ‘Of course not!’ she would grin back.

    Bubbly and chatty, it came as no surprise to my husband, Mark, and I when Renae decided to study to be a hairdresser.

    Our only concern for beautiful Renae was her relationship with her best friend, Camila.

    They’d met at school in Year 9 but, over the years, we’d seen Camila becoming possessive of Renae.

    Jealous, Camila didn’t like it when Renae spent time with other mates or

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