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In 1991, a nine-year-old girl was brutally murdered in Chula Vista, California.

Her body was dumped in plain sight.

Any child's death, any death for that matter, is a tragedy.

When a child dies violently and the murder is so public, it affects the entire community.

The impact hits hardest among the family and loved ones, of course, but it ripples outwards

and becomes part of a shared memory.

Trauma works in strange ways when it comes to memories.

Sometimes it erases the difficult things from your mind that you can't bear to think about,

but it can also cement them in your memory.

Fear and trauma can make the memory that much clearer and that much harder to let go of.

I think that's what happened in Jula Vista,

back in 1991.

When Laura Arroyo was kidnapped from her own home and murdered,

the fear must have been unimaginable.

And when her story was publicized even further,

wild theories started to circulate.

Theories about visions of Laura appearing at night.

Whether these visions were driven by dramatic memories, or just a need to see her again,

one thing was for sure.

Laura's murder was unforgettable.

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