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Monique Daniels Was Last Seen On June 2, 1992
Monique Daniels was reportedly last seen by a neighbor getting into a blue Chevrolet pickup truck with a white man outside her home in Moore, OK, on June 2, 1992. Monique's 16th birthday was just two weeks away.
Her mother, Candyce Daniels; her sister, Angelique Rameau; and her brother, Bryan Daniels were all on a church choir trip at the time. Her stepfather, Chuck Daniels, had taken his other sons fishing that day. According to Rameau, the rest of the family didn't even know Monique was missing until Chuck picked them up from their choir trip. When they got in the car, Chuck simply said, "She's gone again."
Upon returning home, Rameau recalled that their usually spotless home had beer bottles on the floor and cigarette butts littering the fireplace mantle. She also stated that neither Chuck nor Candyce seemed particularly worried about Monique's whereabouts. She noted that Candyce had also been unusually quiet on the choir trip.
Monique's Parents Didn't Report Her Missing For Two Years
Six months after Monique Daniels went missing, her aunt, Leslie Westrick, attempted to contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children so they could help look for her. Westrick reportedly asked Candyce for the police report, but she never gave it to her.
Westrick soon discovered that Candyce and Chuck had never filed a missing person report for their daughter. Rameau later recalled her parents saying, "If Monique wanted to be here, she would be."
Candyce and Chuck did ultimately file a missing person report for Monique in 1994, as well as one for Rameau, who had fled Oklahoma to live with Westrick in Michigan.
Monique Had Run Away Shortly Before Her Disappearance
Leading up to her disappearance in June of 1992, Monique had run away from home and was missing for days. She had become pregnant and was reportedly forced by her parents to terminate the pregnancy, prompting her to leave home.
Monique's parents immediately began an exhaustive search for their daughter. A friend of Monique's finally convinced her to go home after she had stayed at another friend's house for several days. This first attempt to run away from home was apparently the reason her parents hadn't initially worried about her disappearance.
An empty pregnancy test box was reportedly found at the Daniels's home the day Monique went missing, which led to speculation that she may have intentionally run away from home again.
Monique's Mother, Candyce, Reportedly Received A Phone Call And Letters From Monique After She Vanished
After six months of not hearing from Monique, Candyce claimed she received a phone call from her daughter. Two letters also arrived at the Daniels home postmarked from Texas and seemed to have been written by Monique.
The letters explained that she now had a daughter named Chelsea and had gotten married. According to the letters, Monique had moved to Alaska but was traveling with her new husband and daughter. Rameau would later tell her aunt Leslie that the phone call and letters were a hoax.
Monique's Stepfather Forced Her Sister To Write Fake Letters
Leslie Wentrick was skeptical of the letters supposedly written by Monique and asked that a handwriting comparison be done. However, before the letters could be analyzed, the Daniels family reported that burglars had come into their home and stolen them, along with some electronics.
It wasn't until Rameau went to Michigan that she confessed to Westrick that she wrote the letters pretending to be her sister. Rameau stated that Chuck told her Candyce was suicidal and her stepfather forced her to write the letters "so she'd feel better." Chuck had even gone so far as to mail them from Dallas so they would have a Texas postmark.
Rameau later said of the situation, "He took me to the grocery store and picked out stationery to write the letter on. He told me what to write. I felt very threatened." Rameau added that she felt guilty for writing the letters, even though she was still a child at the time she wrote them.
Chuck And Candyce Daniels Were Reportedly Mentally And Physically Abusive Parents
Rameau and her brother Andrew have reported that Candyce and Chuck Daniels were verbally and physically abusive. After taking a Greyhound bus from Oklahoma to Michigan, Rameau contacted Child Protective Services to bring child abuse charges against her parents. She was only 15 at the time.
By then, the Daniels had filed missing persons reports for Monique and Rameau and were trying to have Rameau extradited to Oklahoma. A judge subsequently denied the request due to concerns for Rameau's personal wellbeing.
During the investigation into Monique's disappearance and the abuse charges, both Chuck and Candyce reportedly refused to take lie detector tests. Around this time, Chuck also confessed to the fake letters and phone call from Monique. The couple eventually pleaded no contest to the child abuse charges.
Rameau has said that in addition to the abuse suffered by Chuck and Candyce, Monique was also sexually abused by her biological father, who was later convicted of sexual abuse.
Monique's Parents Reportedly Erased All Evidence Of Her From Their Home
After Monique went missing, Rameau stated that she and her brothers were not allowed to talk about their sister. Chuck and Candyce were also said to have erased all signs of Monique from the home, even going so far as to take new family photos to replace the ones that included Monique.
According to Rameau, after Chuck swapped out the family photos, he looked at the new ones and said how much better and more "tranquil" everything felt.
Chuck Daniels Took His Sons Fishing At The Time Monique Disappeared
Charles Jr. and Andrew Daniels remember that their father took them fishing the day Monique disappeared. Although the family went fishing regularly, it was apparently raining that day. According to Andrew, Chuck didn't bring any fishing poles and instead drove for two hours to get fast food before driving back home. The boys were then made to wait in the car for an hour.
After the boys were let into the house, Chuck said he was going to look for Monique and allegedly locked his sons in a bedroom for two days while he was gone.
There has also been mention of an oil barrel in the back of Chuck's truck around the time that Monique disappeared.
Monique's Brothers Have Different Accounts Of The Last Time They Saw Her
Charles Daniels Jr. has stated that he hugged Monique before leaving on the fishing trip. He even remembered Monique saying she wanted to come with them but couldn't.
On the other hand, Andrew Daniels had a much darker recollection of the day his sister went missing. In 2013, Andrew had a number of recovered memories of June 2, 1992, after seeing footage of his hometown being destroyed in a tornado. Andrew recalled that Chuck told the boys to say good bye to Monique through her bedroom door. The door was slightly ajar, and Andrew saw Monique on the floor, cross-legged but unmoving.
Andrew stated that after returning from their trip and waiting in the car for over an hour, he went into the bathroom and had an overwhelming feeling that Monique's body was in the bathtub. Before he could look, Chuck came into the bathroom and locked Andrew in a bedroom.
Monique's Aunt Got Involved In The Search And Even Hired Psychic Investigators
In August 1994, Leslie Westrick went to Oklahoma with psychic Liz Mahan to search for Monique's body. Mahan, who had been working on the O.J. Simpson case at the time, was one of three psychics Westrick was working with to solve Monique's disappearance. All three psychics agreed that Monique had been strangled and that her body would be found in a rural area 25 miles east of Tinker Air Force Base, where Chuck and Candyce were both employed.
While searching the area, Westrick and Mahan found the remnants of a barn as well as a red purse, which all three psychics had envisioned. However, they were unable to find Monique's body underneath a pile of boards and debris where they believed she had been placed. Westrick said at the time that police would not help her search the area.
Chuck And Candyce Daniels Have Denied The Claims Made By Their Children
In the years following Monique's disappearance, Chuck and Candyce have insisted that their daughter ran away from home. They have also denied Rameau and Andrew's allegations that they were abusive to their children and that they were in any way involved in Monique's disappearance. Candyce said of the case, "Whatever happened, it's in God's hands."
Chuck and Candyce have also called into question the reliability of Rameau and Andrew's statements. They claimed that Rameau was mentally unstable and that both siblings had substance abuse problems. Angelique and Andrew have denied these accusations.
Monique's Sister, Angelique Rameau, Elaborated On The Case In A Reddit Thread In 2021
In 2021, Angelique Rameau left a reply in a Reddit thread about Monique's case. The reply stated that Candyce and their biological father had both sexually abused their children.
She went on to say that Monique's extended family confronted Candyce after Monique's disappearance. Candyce told them that Rameau was lying about the abuse and possible murder of Monique. Chuck allegedly left town at this time and drove to Chicago to take his own life, but he returned home after seeing a vision of Jesus Christ.
At the end of the post, Rameau states that she believes "beyond a shadow of a doubt that Chuck murdered Monique."
The post concluded, "I am at peace with being the outcast - because at least I told the truth."
Rameau confirmed she made the Reddit comments with Unspeakable Crimes and Ranker editors. She said that she "stands by every word" and that she "has no secrets to hide."
