In April of 2019, a 22-year-old mom went missing from North Carolina without any of her family or friends realizing, because they continued to receive messages from her as if nothing was wrong. When her mom finally got suspicious and started digging, she found that no one had actually seen her daughter in three months. This is the story of Monica Moynan.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Mirror: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/killer-pretended-victim-twisted-text-27234746

2. CBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk-bNX70Bjs

3. People: https://people.com/crime/ex-convicted-of-murdering-missing-mom-faking-texts-to-her-parents-to-hide-killing/

4. Monica's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moni.day.5473

5. Monica's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justiceformoni?sharetype=teams&member=3182768&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=p_na%20share-sheet&pc_code=fb_co_postupdate_a&rcid=d88f9dee401248119ca0d855b50b6f39&fbclid=IwAR3nfVaXJPJfCzlgVxHyqGh4ynAr-HbMp94_RFsUTiDbID0Q-qajLcXXAj4

6. ABC: https://abc11.com/brian-sluss-murder-trial-monica-moynan-holly-springs/11741908/

7. The Herald-Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/646052158/?terms=%22monica%20moynan%22&match=1

8. Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/brian-sluss-convicted-murder-monica-moynan-north-carolina#:~:text=Moynan's%20two%20daughter%2C%20now%20ages,been%20adopted%20by%20the%20Tuckers.

9. CBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuZnE7C05pE

10. ABC: https://abc11.com/jarlyn-lisbeth-sluss-holly-springs-murder-arrest/6176354/

11. WRAL: https://www.wral.com/monica-moynan-s-family-reacts-to-guilty-verdict-of-brian-sluss/20256633/

12. Winston-Salem Journal: https://journalnow.com/police-find-blood-search-woods-in-virginia-for-missing-nc-woman/article_d22fd6f9-2d2b-5e6e-b60e-43227ba04caa.html

13. Brian's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011630854989

14. ABC: https://abc11.com/brian-sluss-trial-monica-moynan-holly-springs-murder/11792035/

15. ABC: https://abc11.com/jarlyn-sluss-monica-moynan-brian-holly-springs-missing-mom/6179660/?fbclid=IwAR3Siemwgs_eGBwzyAdi9grnAIRAH6C7J9AigxzRH2MZow1pUYod3qafwU0

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