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General-purpose: (i.e. to inform) missing person case Specific Purpose: (to inform my audience about…) Patrice Endres Thesis Statement: (today I will inform you about…) the disappearance of Patrice Endres. Hook (attention getter) Within 13 minutes, Patrice Endres disappeared from her beauty salon. Credibility Statement (establish credibility/ curiosity/ need for your topic, connect the hook to the thesis statement) I have researched this case through the Netflix show Unsolved Mysteries and on the internet. Thesis Statement (specifically what will you be speaking about today) Today I will be discussing the missing person case of Patrice Endres. I will talk about what happened leading up to her disappearance and the evidence found after. Preview Statement (preview your 3 main points) I will talk about the events of the day she went missing, the witnesses, and the current outcome. (Transition Statement) The most important information is the day Patrice went missing. Point 1 What happened on April 15, 2004 Example/ Detail - uneaten lunch left behind and money missing from the cash register Example/ Detail - car parked unusually Example/ Detail- phone calls at 11:37 am and 11:50 am (Transition Statement) There are a few suspicions on who was involved. Point 2 There are two very important witnesses. Example/ Detail small blue car parked out front at 11:45 am Example/ Detail Rob Endres Example/ Detail Jeremy Jones (serial killer) (Transition Statement) Patrice’s case took a turn for the worst two years later. Point 3 In 2005, Patrice remains were found. Example/ Detail Lebanon Baptist Church Example/ Detail ten miles from her salon Example/ Detail Rob is criticized Restate Thesis Statement This is all the information known about this case. Still to this day, no one has been arrested. Repeat 3 main Points

There is not much known about this case. There are only a few witnesses, clues, and a body that has reappeared. Closing statements I believe that Rob murdered his wife.

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Bundel, A. (2020, July 2). These Details About Patrice Endres’ “Unsolved Mysteries” Case Will Make You Think. Elite Daily. https://www.elitedaily.com/p/these-details-about-patrice-endres-unsolvedmysteries-case-will-make-you-think-28796533 Kerns, S. (2020, July 23). ‘Somebody knows something’ — Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries shines a light on 16-year-old cold case in north Georgia. Dawson County News. https://www.dawsonnews.com/local/crimecourts/somebody-knowssomething-netflixs-unsolved-mysteries-shines-a-light-on-16-year-old-coldcase-in-north-georgia/

“Unsolved Mysteries” Fans Think They Solved Patrice Endres’s Murder. (2021, February 12). Oprah Magazine. https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a33221170/patrice-endresunsolved-mysteries-theories/...