Missing teen’s chilling last words

Vanished ... Marion Rees hasn't been seen for 40 years. But could she really be alive? Source: News Corp Australia

THE last words Marion Rees said to her young brother have haunted him for decades. But did they also offer a clue to the mystery that was about to unfold?

It was April 7, 1975 and the then 13-year-old Marion was walking with her eight-year-old brother John to the bus stop in Hillsdale, in Sydney's southwest.

That last morning they spent getting ready for school and then, unusually, they walked to the bus stop together.

It was then she spoke the words he has never forgot.

"Take care of your sister and everything will be all right."

She never made it to Matraville High School that day and hasn't been since. An inquest into her disappearance was held earlier this month and Deputy State Coroner Sharon Freund is expected to release her findings today.

When she hadn't arrived home early that evening John asked a neighbour to call their mother Margaret, who was at work at a nursing home.

A frantic search was began and the police were called. But there was no sign of the "happy girl with big red hair".

One of the last ever pictures of Marion Rees, who was 13 when she vanished in 1975. Source: Supplied

Joanne Rees is the younger sister Marion spoke about that morning at the bus stop. The fact the family are no closer to finding the truth is as devastating to her as it is frustrating.

"I'm just completely blown away by it. I don't even know what to say anymore."

Ms Rees told news.com.au the bus stop conversation was puzzling.

"It sounds as if she knew. She must have known something was up."

Ms Rees had been told that Marion suddenly got off the bus, before she got to school. "What did she see out the window that made her get off the bus?"

The night before Marion disappeared, their mother had a strange feeling there was something wrong.

The last words Marion Rees spoke to her younger brother John have haunted him. Source: News Corp Australia

Marion Rees and her siblings, John (left) and Joanne (right) Source: Supplied

Marion Rees' family was "torn apart" after she vanished aged just 13. Source: Supplied

"She felt there was something up with her — that maybe she wanted to tell her something. Those feelings are usually right, aren't they?"

Police have explored a number of theories, including abduction, murder and even that she disappeared deliberately.

Marion had been babysitting for an Eastern European couple who had asked Margaret Rees if Marion could look after their children when they went on a 12-month trip around Australia. Mrs Rees wasn't happy with that arrangement and said no.

The fact the Eastern European couple haven't come forward, even to inquire about Marion at the time she vanished, makes her sister suspicious.

Those suspicions increased after she learned there was a link with that couple to a family friend she had long suspected had something to do with Marion's vanishing act.

"It's a gut feeling I've always had."

As much as she wants her sister to be alive, Ms Rees thinks its far more probable she's dead. "Why wouldn't she get in touch? There is a Facebook page set up looking for her that mentions our Mum has died. It doesn't make sense."

Marion Rees would have turned 54 this year.

Despite her beliefs that it is likely foul play is involved she has no confidence anyone will be ever brought to justice.

John Rees has never given up hope his sister could still be alive. Source: Supplied

Joanne Rees: "Why wouldn't she get in touch?" Source: Supplied

Sergeant Dean Betts thinks there is a chance Marion Rees is still alive. Source: Supplied

"It's just been too long. I mean, everyone [connected to the case] is dead or dying."

Ms Rees said her sisters case was initially dismissed as a "teenage runaway" — and potential evidence was lost forever.

"I'm completely dumbfounded by it. I feel that let my family down, let my sister down ... This has really torn us apart and affected all of our lives."

She has nothing but praise though for Sergeant Dean Betts, who is now the officer in charge of the case.

Sgt Betts told Network Ten's Wanted television show it was possible she was still alive.

"There is a theory that she may have disappeared of her own accord, and there is an angle she may have had some assistance."

Asked for his view on what happened he said: "My own personal opinion is that she has disappeared and she may be still out there somewhere."

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