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Out on the town with some girlfriends. >> i watched her get ready and, you know, did her hair and found her an outfit. and she just looked so pretty to me. >> i guess we said, "i'll see you later," and that was the last time i saw her. >> the following morning denise and chakita awakened to empty beds in their daughters' rooms and a bad feeling in their stomachs. >> sunday morning when i didn't hear from her, when it got like 10:00 or 11:00, that was just too unusual. >> and we don't know why. they're not calling. they're not answering their phones. >> on sunday afternoon the mothers notified ...

It. >> but as far as them meeting with someone on an escort to get a couple of dollars, no, i don't believe that at all. >> but police say renisha landers and the other two women found a week later were posting ads on backpage. >> it's prostitution. and you know, not to cast any aspersions on the deceased. that is no reason for anyone to lose their life. that is no reason for any deviant individual to be able to manipulate a system and hurt someone who does not deserve to die. so i just wanted to be very clear, when we came public, especially to the families of the deceased, we were not passin...

Disconcerting. >> the backpage connection helps police focus their investigation, but it also riles the victims' families, who bristle at the implication that their daughters may have been selling sex online. >> they were not prostitutes. they were not prostitutes. >> they were young girls that had goals in life. my daughter was a mother. my niece worked. and they just wanted to go out and have a good time like most young girls do. >> in fact, there is no backpage link to demesha hunt. and chikita reminds us that her daughter renisha came from a solid family, had a well-paying job at chrysler,...

>> she was very much loved by her family, her friends. >> very sensitive. you know, like i say, loved her family. loved her mother. >> demesha and renisha were not just cousins but best friends. a pair of happy girls who lived at home and were almost like two sides of the same coin. >> they were on the same page. they were just alike because they liked being with each other. they didn't consider each other cousi cousins. they considered each other sisters. >> as the new year approached, the young women's lives were looking up. demesha was the proud mother of a baby girl. and renisha's job on t...

The week before christmas, 23-year-old demesha hunt, and renisha landers did not come home, her family began to worry a lot. >> she was loved by her family and friends. she was very sensitive. she loved her family and loved her mother. >> demesha and renisha were like two sides of the same coin. >> they were on the same page. they were just alike, they liked