RACHELLE CHILDS - 'WE'RE HUNTING HER KILLER'

Kristy and Anne want answers after two decades

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It's been nearly 24 years since Rachelle Childs was found dead in bushland near the NSW south coast town of Gerroa.

All these years on, her family are still desperate to know who killed the 23-year-old on June 8, 2001.

"It's every parent's worst nightmare no matter how old your child is," Rachelle's mother, Anne Childs, 73, shares with Woman's Day.

Anne was on a weekend getaway to Port Stephens with her husband Graham, who passed away in 2021, when their youngest daughter Kristy, 42, called to tell them Rachelle was missing.

"We weren't particularly worried, until we couldn't reach her on the phone, so a couple of her friends went to her house and she was nowhere to be found."

LENGTHY SENTENCE

Rachelle, who also went by Chelle, was last seen leaving the car dealership where she worked in Camden, NSW. It's believed she was catching up with a friend at her local pub in Bargo, half an hour away, on the evening of June 7.

While Rachelle's final hours remain unaccounted for, witnesses came forward during the initial investigation, saying they'd seen a car matching Rachelle's parked near Gerroa, an hour away, where her body was found.