For almost five years, a missing schoolgirl's traumatised family believed that she was the victim of a psychopathic serial killer.
They mourned her death and held a memorial service to remember her, while her apparent murderer faced justice in court.
But the bizarre truth was hidden in a cupboard much, much closer to home, in a case that captivated and enraged Australia.
Fifteen years ago, Leonard John Fraser was on trial for the murder of Natasha Ryan, who had vanished from outside a movie theatre in the Queensland town of Rockhampton in 1998.
Natasha Ryan vanished from Rockhampton in central Queensland when she was 14-years-old and was thought to be the victim of a serial killer.