NEW LEADS IN MELANIE MELANSON 1989 DISAPPEARANCE

'NEW LEADS'

SHE VANISHED over 21 years ago, but now a private detective believes that he has new leads in the mysterious disappearance of Melanie Melanson.
The 14-year-old was last seen at a high school party in a woods near her home in Woburn MA and then she vanished without trace.
But 22-years on P.I Michael Garrigan, who has worked the case from the very beginning says he has "credible leads" which could see people in the woods that night prosecuted.
He told Fox 25: "I developed some leads over the past year, we can’t discuss those at this time, but very credible leads from several sources.”
And with the help of trained cadaver dogs he hopes he's hoping to confirm that traces of human decomposition in the woods, which he believes hold the key to discovering the truth.  
It's not the first time that investigators have returned to the woods. Detectives launched a revitalized search in 2009, just before what would have been Melanie’s 35th birthday.
While Melanie’s parents have passed on, her aunts and other family members are standing watch over the new search.
Garrigan says he can’t share many details on the investigation, but says he believes the people he hopes will ultimately be prosecuted were absolutely in the woods on that October night.

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TED BUNDY CONFESSED: DEBRA KENT STILL MISSING

CRAZY

MURDERED?

NOTORIOUS serial killer Ted Bundy ultimately confessed to her murder, but with little evidence to go on, cops cannot be sure that she is dead. 
Debra Kent was just 17-years-old when she vanished after attending a high school play with her parents in Bountiful, UT. 
Back in November she'd offered to pick up her brother and hurried away to the parking lot. 
But she never made it and while her brother waited at the ice rink, her parents were also confused until midnight, when they realized that theirs was the only car in parking lot. 
Several people who lived near the school later admitted to hearing two short, terrified screams between 22:30 and 23.00.
Later, a father told police he'd arrived late at the play and saw a light colored Volkswagen Bug racing away from the school.
A small handcuff key was found in the parking lot. 
The key matched handcuffs serial killer Ted Bundy used to try to abduct Carol DaRonch earlier that month but nothing else was turned up. 
Minimal skeletal remains were later found, but it wasn't enough to positively identify her and even thoughBundy confessed to Debbie's murder before his execution, cops cannot be certain, so the case remains open.  
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: The Utah Missing Persons Clearinghouse on 888-770-6477  

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JENNIFER LYNN MORRIS 20-YEAR MYSTERY: BODY FOUND

MURDERED

THEY thought she may have gone missing and 20-years it was hoped she may return.
But two weeks ago the skeletal remains of Jennifer Lynn Morris were found down a heavily overgrown ravine and wooded area in Del Monte, CA.
And cops are hoping that with advances in DNA technology, they will finally be able to solve the mystery which has baffled them for more than two decades.  
Morris was last seen in January 1983 shopping at the now gone, Saks Fifth Avenue, but after huge search, all they found was her 1977 Ford Pinto in the shopping center car park.  
Monterey police Lt. Leslie Sonni told KTVU: "It was a case of someone vanishing without a trace."
She added that even though there was no evidence of foul play, the mysterious circumstances behind the part time student's disappearance led detectives to suspect that she was a victim of foul play.
Now the case is being reclassified as a homicide and investigators will backtrack on the case and apply new technology to recover any evidence that could lead to the identity of the suspect.
Sonni said Morris' father took a leave of absence from work to help find her and became so distraught he could not return to work.
Both he and Morris' mother have since passed away. Police have contacted Morris' two elder brothers after finding her remains.
"They were pretty shocked and are trying to come to grips with it," Sonni said.
Anyone with information about the case was asked to call Detective Mike Bruno at (831) 646-3812 or a confidential tip line at (831) 646-3840.

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