‘Set on fire’: Killer on the loose after Rachelle Childs’ grisly murder

Email Rachelle Childs was killed and set on fire before her loved ones knew that she was gone. More than two decades on, we still don’t know what happened. Watch the video and listen to the podcast.

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PM Edition ‘Set on fire’: Killer on the loose after Rachelle Childs’ grisly murder Rachelle Childs was killed and set on fire before her loved ones knew that she was gone. More than two decades on, we still don’t know what happened. Watch the video and listen to ... READ MORE   Chief suspect in Rachelle Childs’ murder case A coronial inquest ruled Rachelle Childs had been deliberately killed, but found there was not enough evidence to identify her murderer. At the time, there was one final person of ... READ MORE   Nine hours to murder, 24 years of hell: Rachelle’s cold case This is a timeline of events showing when Rachelle Childs went missing and was later found dead after she had been murdered. To this day, police have not caught her killer. READ MORE   ‘Set on fire’: Killer on the loose after Rachelle Childs’ grisly murder Rachelle Childs was killed and set on fire before her loved ones knew that she was gone. More than two decades on, we still don’t know what happened. 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