The Dunes State Park Three

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This is a missing persons case.

Ann Miller: 21 years old, owner of a 1955 Buick

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Ann Miller: 21 years old, owner of a 1955 Buick.

Patricia Blough: 19 years old

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Patricia Blough: 19 years old

Renee Bruhl: 19 years old, married

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Renee Bruhl: 19 years old, married.

The three women, Renee Bruhl, Patricia (Patty) Blough, and Ann Miller, lived the Chicago area before their disappearance. The women had bonded over their shared love of horses, according to one source. Blough and Miller had met at Tri Color Stables, in Palatine, Illinois,  where their horses were boarded. Both had complained about their "horse people" at the stable in the past. Bruhl was a classmate of Blough's and the girls just fell in together. The friendship blossomed naturally with the girls being so close in age.

Like most women their age, the trio decided to take a mini-trip for some fun in the sun. Their destination was the beach at Indiana Dunes State Park. The Park consist of over 2,000 acres of land that remains primitive. Three miles of beautiful beach lines the south shore of lake Michigan within the park. The beauty has been drawing people in since 1925 when the property became a state park.

On July 2, 1966, the women left for the beach. Blough was picked up from her house by Miller in her 1955 Buick. From there, the women stopped at a local drugstore for sun tan lotion. Once they had purchased the lotion, the women left for the State Park.

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