Rachel Barber finished her dance class at the Dance Factory around 5:35pm, walking with several other classmates along Church Street, in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, towards her tram home on Bridge Road. When the group reached the Bridge Road turn off, Rachel revealed she would be catching a different tram home than usual, from a stop located further down the road. One friend offered to escort her to this other stop but Rachel declined, assuring them her father would be waiting to pick her up at the other end of the line. At 5:45pm, after the group agreed to meet for breakfast the following morning, Rachel separated from the group and walked off along the western side of Church Street towards Bridge Road, in the opposite direction to her tram line home…
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