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Before Kelly Wilson vanished in 1992, she had become really good friends with this local girl named Jennifer.

Jennifer lived in Gilmer, Texas, just a few houses down from Kelly's family.

Like Kelly, Jennifer was a senior in high school that year, but she went to a smaller school outside of town.

When Kelly never came home from work on the night of January 5th, 1992, Jennifer didn't even find out for a couple of days. When she heard the news, she hurried over to Kelly's house.

One thing I do remember is that when I went to see her mom, Kathy, when I found out that she was missing, and I think I found out Tuesday. As I'm standing there talking to her mom, she's just saying, you know, Jennifer, they're saying that she's, you know, they think she's just run away. She's like, there's no way she's run away. I mean, she left her purse, she left her contact solutions.

She left, I mean, she left everything.

And she's like, and she left all this money she has.

So she takes me in a room and she opens a drawer and she shows me just a water cash, a lot

of cash. I'm just like, hmm, yeah, that's definitely weird.

Jennifer had no idea.

What was Kelly doing with all that money?

I think it's unusual that any of us would have a lot of cash.

She worked it in TV.

She would have gotten paid with a check.

Are we talking like hundreds of dollars or more?

I don't remember for sure, but it was significant. Joe Henry, the former video store manager,

also said that Kelly was paid by check, never cash. Jennifer remembers another strange detail from the weekend in 1992 when Kelly

vanished. The girls had gone out Friday night with another friend named Misty. I haven't been

able to reach Misty. It was a quiet night in Gilmer. Friday night, we just, I guess you could say,

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