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So I dropped her off at school and I'd always said to Natalie, you know, if you want to

lift home. Anyway, there was no call so I just presume that she got into Frankston

which you often do and anyway when the bus came quarter past six

Natalie wasn't on it I was a bit concerned about that the next bus came with

little after seven and when she wasn't on that I said Brian oh oh something's wrong and I said oh is it a

female and they said yes and I said school clothes on they said yes I said John

Paul College clothes they said well it's not Natalie because I said,

well it's not Natalie because I said,

Natalie was too strong, she wouldn't let anyone hurt her or kill her. That's Carmen Russell, whose daughter Natalie became the third victim of Frankston serial killer Paul Charles Denia in 1993. She was 17 years old.

Later in this episode you'll hear chilling audio of Dania reenacting that crime for police.

This is Australian True Crime with Michelle Laurie and Emily Webb.

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