Woman's Day Magazine NZ

IDENTITY THIEVES

WANTING TO BE RACHEL

Caroline Reed Robertson now lives anonymously somewhere in Victoria after serving 16 years in jail for murdering Rachel Barber, the 15-year-old dance student she wanted to be.

In March 1999, Rachel had the world at her feet. A talented dancer with elfin looks, a close-knit family and a steady boyfriend, Rachel had everything Robertson, then 19, felt she didn’t have and desperately desired.

Robertson would often babysit Rachel and her younger siblings at their family’s

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