Tomorrow Never Came: The Kelcey Fike Case.

Kelcey Renae Fike

She was fun, silly, energetic, happy, and shy, yet feisty. Anyone that met her couldn't help but love her. She had a distinctive laugh and a goldfish tattoo on her back. Kelcey was a free spirit who liked art, dance and music.

Kelcey was born on March 26th, 1987 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona to Mary Jo and Randy Fike.

21-year-old Kelcey was excited about her new job and she had met the love of her life, Alex Young. He was a reservist for the National Guard. After a year of dating, Alex gave Kelcey a diamond promise ring and then the couple temporarily moved into a mobile home in Kearney, Nebraska.

Monday, June 16th, 2008, Alex was out of town when Kelcey came home from work around 5:30 p.m. Around 9 p.m., she took her basset hound, Dante, for a walk. Then Kelcey prepared for an upcoming trip as she talked on the phone to her mother. They ended the conversation with "Love  you, i'll talk to you tomorrow." But, tomorrow never came for Kelcey.

At around 4:30 the next morning, Kelcey's mobile home was ablaze, with her inside. As the smoke alarm in the trailer pierced  the air, all her neighbors could do was call her name and Dante's. By the time the firefighters showed up, the flames were too hot to attempt a rescue. 

When the fire was out and the smoke cleared, Kelcey's body was found on the floor, outside the master bedroom, where the fire had started. Dante was found in the living room, deceased.

Kelcey's trailer was old with a faulty furnace, so it was initially believed that the furnace had caught fire. However, as investigators took a closer look, they noticed that both the front door and the back door of the trailer were unlocked; making it possible for an intruder to enter. Additionally, investigators noted that Kelcey’s body did not appear to be badly burned by the fire. She also had bruises on her upper torso, her arms and her nose had been broken.  There was trauma to her lip as well as her cheek, she had blunt force trauma to her head and she had been manually strangled as well as with a ligature. They also found someone else's DNA on her body, suggesting that someone probably tried to sexually assault Kelcey and she fought back. Authorities now realized they had a murder on their hands that was fueled by a lot of rage. Someone wanted to make sure that Kelcey was dead and used the fire to try to cover it up.

Since it is common practice to look at those that were closest to the victim first, authorities looked at Kelcey's boyfriend, Alex. He was quickly ruled him out since he was far away from the crime scene at the time of the murder.

Investigators looked hard into Kelcey's past, but didn't find anyone that seemed to dislike Kelcey, let alone do the unspeakable things that were done to her. Even her exes seemed to still be on good terms with her. Police just couldn't figure out who would want to kill Kelcey or why. They were pretty sure it was someone that knew her well. Unless you were familiar with where Kelcey lived, her trailer was pretty hard to spot shoved between two businesses. Neighbors also didn't hear Dante barking at all, so he must have knew the perpetrator. There was also the unlocked door and the utter rage of the crime that made it seem personal.

Investigators were able to dig up surveillance footage from across the street from Kelcey's trailer. It showed a car leaving the trailer court the morning of the murder at 4:39 a.m., which was 10 minutes before the fire was reported. Police have not yet been able to identify the vehicle, but it is theorized that it might be a dark colored sedan.

Lab technicians are trying to separate the Kelcey's DNA from that of her killer. The DNA was meshed together by the firefighter's hoses. 

For now, there is nothing else to go on and Kelcey's case remains unsolved.

There is a $30,000 reward in place for any information leading to the capture and conviction of a suspect in Kelcey’s death.

If you have any information, contact Buffalo County Crime Stoppers at (308) 237-3424

I have to wonder if authorities looked into the employees of business on either side of Kelcey's trailer.

Drop Dead Gorgeous: The Unsolved Murder Of Model Paula Sladewski.

Paula Sladewski

"I’ll never get to see her again until we meet one day in heaven.”

She was a knockout and when she'd enter a room, heads would turn. She was bubbly and vivacious. Paula was full of life and loved animals, especially her two little dogs. Paula also loved looking good. As a toddler she would get into her sister's makeup and put it all over her face. As she grew up in Detroit, Michigan she was in dancing classes and enjoyed the attention her good looks brought her. She was a straight A student in school. 

Paula's mother, Patsy Watkins, wanted her to be a nurse and for a time that is what Paula wanted as well. So she went to college in California to study for a nursing career and which she financed by modeling.

Paula appeared in the 2003 video Playboy: The Ultimate Playmate Search. She also was working as an exotic dancer in strip clubs, which helped pay for her rich lifestyle. Patsy begged her daughter to leave that life behind and come back home, but Paula wouldn't listen.

Paula then moved in with Kevin Klym, who seemed to Paula's sister as a decent guy, but the family didn't really know him.

The last time Patsy saw Paula, Paula was on her way to Miami Beach. She told her mother that she'd be back to see her on her birthday and that she had something special planned.

A New Year's Eve Lady Gaga concert at the Fontainebleau brought 26-year-old Paula and her boyfriend Kevin from Michigan to Miami Beach. They spent the rest of the weekend clubbing. In the early hours of Sunday, January 3rd, 2010, they were at a night club named "Club Space"  at 34 NE 11 Street when Klym reportedly got kicked out of the club after arguing with Paula. She was dancing with all sorts of men and they were all over her and Klym just wanted to get Paula out of there. 

Klym took a cab back to their hotel in Miami Beach, and Paula stayed behind for another half a hour until she too was made to leave. Grainy camera footage shows Paula leaving the club around 7:20 a.m. with three bouncers following behind.

At 11:30 a.m., Klym woke up in the hotel room alone, that is when he realized that Paula wasn't there and became concerned. He talked to hotel staff, but they hadn't seen her. He then called around to hospitals. With no sign of Paula, Klym then went out to search for her and so people her picture on his cellphone. He had to do so on foot because he didn't have a vehicle. 

With the search coming up fruitless, Klym reported Paula missing to the police. Desperate to find her, he also hired private investigator David Wasser. Wasser scoured the area and talked to cab drivers as well as street artists and homeless people, but he came up empty as well.

Klym then called the medical examiner's office. A Jane Doe had been found 12 miles from Club Space.

Fourteen hours after Paula had left the club, her burned body had found later that day in a dumpster at NW 14 Avenue and 130 Street next to what was then a propane company. A resident named Christopher Michael had seen the fire and called police. Paula was identified through dental records.

Paula's family was heartbroken. Her mother contemplated suicide. To this day she still struggles to live without her daughter and wears Paula's ashes everywhere she goes.

Authorities couldn't come to a conclusion how she had died, but they do believe that she was deceased before being set on fire. It is thought that since there was no apart gunshot or knife wounds that Paula was strangled to death.

Since he was one of the last people to see her alive, Klym was initially a suspect. Paula reportedly told a friend she was afraid of Klym, and her stepfather told media outlets she and Klym had a "horrible relationship."  Paula had told her mother that Klym had threatened that if she ever left him, that he'd killer and cut her up into pieces. Klym also had been arrested on a domestic violence charge from breaking Paula's nose. Police interrogated  Klym for over 10 hours. He seemed genuinely  distraught and cooperated every step of the way.

Police ultimately cleared Klym after his alibi checked out and when they released a sketch of a possible suspect that some said they saw leave the club with Paula. The suspect was described as a heavyset black male or Hispanic male with a goatee. Klym went on the Today show to say the sketch looked like a bouncer from the club.

However, Space issued a statement at the time saying the person seen following Paula on video wasn't an employee at the club. The club's owner said three employees saw the man walk up to Paula on the street in front of the club, talk to her, and walk away with her.

Police questioned Klym, club employees, witnesses, and the person who reported the fire. Everyone was cleared. Unfortunately, Klym reportedly kept Paula's phone when he left the club, so they couldn't use it to track Paula's path. There were no cameras to show where she went beyond the club exit. 

When you come out of Club Space, there's a row of taxis that circle the club. So investigators say that she could've jumped in a cab, gotten a ride from someone. She could have gone anywhere and done anything.

Investigators think whoever killed Paula must have known the area where her body was left because it was out of the way and wasn't highly traveled. It is theorized that she was killed somewhere else before being brought to the dumpster and being set on fire.

Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 or the North Miami Police Department at 305-891-0924.

"The Bosses Never Go Where The Coal Turns Black To Red": The Castle Gate Mine Disaster.

Castle Gate is now a ghost town located in Carbon County in eastern Utah, United States, 90 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. However, in the late 1800's to the early 1900's it was a booming mining community known for the April 21st, 1897, robbery of the Pleasant Valley Coal Company by Butch Cassidy and Elzy Lay in broad daylight. 

They made of with an estimated at $8,800

Employees of the mine first lived in old boxcars provided by the railroad. In time, homes and buildings were built as more people came. 

Men earned 60 cents for every ton of coal removed from the mine. Working alongside their fathers, boys as young as six-years-old loaded the ore into coal cars, carefully removing any rocks.

Castle Gate Mine #1, opened around 1886, after the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad constructed its Utah Division over the Wasatch Plateau, from the town of Springville. The mine produced high-quality coal for the steam trains. 

In November 1903 miners in Carbon County went on strike, protesting the dangerous working conditions of the Utah coal mines and sought better wages and hours.

The Utah Fuel Company didn't like this and restricted credit payments to the strikers and evicted them from their homes. The company then recruited local farmers to work in the mines. The Utah government also sent in the Utah National Guard.

A tent colony for the striking miners had been established between Helper and Castle Gate. In April 1904 labor organizer Mother Jones arrived in Utah which led to a confrontation between local law-enforcement officers and the strikers. On April 25, the sheriff and a 45-man posse entered the camp and arrested 120 Italians who were herded into boxcars and sent to a makeshift jail in Price to await trial. Eleven were found guilty of various offenses and the rest were set free.
Castle Gate Mine #2 opened in 1912, and was found to have the finest coal in the region. In 1914, Castle Gate was incorporated as a town, which was owned and tightly controlled by the Utah Fuel Company and the D&RGW. A third mine opened in 1922.

March 8, 1924, was a cold Saturday morning. Sometime before 7:00 a.m., 171 miners entered Castle Gate Mine #2. At 7:30 a.m., less than an hour later,  a fire boss had discovered some gas near the roof of the mine tunnel. When he climbed up to investigate, his carbide light went out. When he attempted to relight his lamp, the flame from his match ignited the gas.

The gas and the coal dust set off a gigantic explosion that ripped through the mine with such force that wreckage was spewed nearly half a mile across the canyon.The explosion blew out the carbide lamps of all the men in the mine. When the men tried to light their lamps, they set off another explosion that took out the wall of the mine's fan house. Twenty minutes later, a third explosion sliced the mine's steel doors from its concrete frame.

The mine entrance and main tunnel caved in. Rail lines twisted. Roof supports snapped. Ventilation controls were destroyed, and the air and escape shafts filled with gas.

Rescue workers came from all the surrounding areas to help. The leader of the rescue crew, died from carbon monoxide inhalation while attempting to reach the victims shortly after the explosion. Women cooked for bereaved families, tended children, and sew mourning clothing.

Anguished, grieving wives and children waited to hear whether their husbands and fathers had been found. Five-year-old Maria Tagliabue looked through a pile of clothing until she found her father’s socks. A newspaper reported that when she realized “she had really found her daddy, little Maria’s eyes filled with tears and muffled sobs racked her.”

One of Archie Henderson's children went gone back to the mine to get the hat his father had worn.

It took nine days to recover all of the bodies, not one soul survived.

The mourning widows and children of the Castle Gate tragedy received up to $15 a week for six years. Also, for 12 years after the disaster the state paid for a welfare worker, Annie D. Palmer, to visit and help the widows and their children.

The Castle Gate mine disaster currently ranks as the 10th worst mining disaster in United States history and the second worst mining disaster in the history of the state of Utah.

Miners Killed in the Castle Gate Mine Explosion

Living In Fear: The Tragic Case Of Single Mother, Nicole Leger.

Nicole Kristine Leger

Nicole made friends easily. She was very independent and people looked up to her.

She was born on February 7th, 1979 in Fort Worth, Denton County, Texas to Richard Gary Cox and Deborah Diane Hudson. She grew up in the Ft. Worth, Texas area where she graduated from Burleson High School. Nicole worked for Southwest Securities as a stock broker associate for a number of years. She volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and was a member of the “Mom’s Club”.

She was only 17 when she got pregnant with her son. Nicole was an amazing single mom taking on both parenting rolls. She worked hard to provide for her son. She danced in clubs, worked for a stockbroker and was excepted to nursing school. Then she met Michael Adams.

Adams was a repo man with dyed jet black hair and lived in red brick mini mansion in upscale Frisco, a suburb of Dallas. He made Nicole feel like a queen. He would surprise her with flowers and "I Love You" notes. He also had a terrible case of OCD. He had to have everything in order at all times, even his extensive gun collection.

Nicole and her son eventually moved in with Adams. That is when they learned how OCD Adams really was. He had to have all the labels of items in the fridge facing the same way and no one was allowed to sit on the couch. One night Nicole served her favorite food, spaghetti and a a drop of sauce ended up on the tile floor as well as some spots in the microwave. Adams berated the two for about a week. 

Adams began fighting with Nicole all the time and just after two months, Nicole and her son moved out. That is when Adams went to Nicole's house and asked her to marry him. She was ecstatic and, with her son it tow, moved back in with Adams. Nicole wasn't happy for very long.

One day Adams became enraged at Nicole and ripped the ring off her finger so violently that she had to go to the hospital to get a splint for her finger. After this incident, Nicole moved out into an apartment and called off the engagement.

While living in the apartment, their beloved chihuahua, Penelope, ran away. Someone had unlocked the door o their apartment and left it open while they were gone. Besides Nicole and her son, Adams had a key to their apartment as well. Two days later, Nicole and her son found Penelope, she had been run over.

Another time while Nicole and her son were gone, someone gained entry into their apartment again and poured bleach all over their clothes.That wasn't the end of the "bad luck" Nicole and her son would endure. They even had their car lit on fire and it was a total loss. 

Nicole had no choice to ask Adams to cosign for a new car, which he did. Then, one day around lunch time, Nicole went over to Adams' house to get what belongings she had left their and to ask if he would sign over the car title. Adams made spaghetti for Nicole that he had laced with a knock-out drug. Nicole got up and went to get her stuff and the room started spinning. Adams then walked Nicole to the bedroom, stripped her naked and violently assaulted her with a sex toy. She couldn't move her arms and legs to fight back, all she could do was keep telling Adams no. Adams then took a bunch of pictures and Nicole passed out. While she was unconscious, Adam, pretending to be Nicole, sent Nicole's son a text saying that she was out with a guy she had been seeing and she was going to stay at his place.

When Nicole woke up she had been hog-tied and duct tape was over he mouth. At some point, Adams had untied Nicole and she somehow got away and ended up pounding on the neighbors door for help. Adams caught her before anyone came to the door and dragged her into his garage. There he threw her on top of a tarp, cuffed her hands and zip-tied her ankles. He then cut of Nicole's hair.

Nicole finally wiggled her way out of her ties, but she couldn't get the handcuffs off, so she tried talking to Adams. She told him that they could go to therapy and work things out. She also promised him that she wouldn't press charges if he let her go. 

Adams ended up letting Nicole go and she did pressed charges against him. Nicole told the detective that Adams couldn't control his anger and that he was going to end up killing her if they didn't pick him up. Unfortunately, the detective told her that they couldn't pick him up right away. However, they did get a search warrant and searched Adams' Lexus. Before he could get rid of it, police found the ties that he had used to bind Nicole as well as the sex toy, duct tape and even the tainted spaghetti.

Adams was taken in to custody where he plead not guilty to sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping. Which is a first degree felony. This carries a penalty of five to ninety-nine years in a state prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000. Despite this, Adams made bail.  Nicole, fearing for her life, took her son and moved to another town in another county.

Nicole and her son were living in Melissa, Texas where she had rented a home and payed the utilities under a friend's name in attempts to hide from Adams. But that didn't help. Despite a protective order against him, he found then using his work computer along with a GPS tracker he secretly had placed on her car. He then left a tarp and handcuffs on the steps in front of her house. He also phoned her and threatened to kill her if she testified against him in the Denton County cases.

Nicole told her new love interest, Scott Grier, about the tarp and handcuffs. Grier was the detective that she had first came to when Adams had kidnapped her. It turned out that Grier also had inappropriate relationships with four other women he was suppose to be helping, which led to him resigning.

On the morning of September 9th, 2013, Nicole son told his mother goodbye and she kissed him on the forehead as he headed off to school. When he arrived home later, Nicole's son felt like everything felt out of place and something didn't seem right. He went over to her bedroom door and knocked on it, but Nicole didn't answer. Her son peeked under the door and saw her foot hanging off her bed. Thinking that she was asleep he knocked a little bit louder and tried to open the door, but it was locked. Nicole's son then went into the kitchen to get a ball point pen to try to pop open the door. Once inside he saw a terrible scene. His mother was lying on her bed, her underwear down on one ankle, her shirt was lifted up over her chest and she had been shot twice in the face and had died instantly. Nicole's son then ran out of the house and utterly heartbroken called 9-1-1. 

Adams claimed he was at Homedepot at the time of Nicole's murder. There was surveillance video that appeared to back up his claims. And at the crime scene cops found two different used condoms from two different men. One of those condoms, however, had touch DNA on the outside from Adams. They searched his storage shed and found an arsenal. Tests proved that one of the guns from that shed was the one that killed Nicole.

Adams was eventually charged with capital murder. After less than two hours of deliberation, the jury came back with a guilty verdict. And Adams was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Every year on Nicole's birthday he has spaghetti in her honor.

Labyrinth Of Lies: The Murder Of Melissa Sowders.

Melissa Rene Sowders

"To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say...

but first of all, to let you know, that I arrived okay.

I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above.

Here, there's no more tears of sadness; here is just eternal love.

Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight.

Remember that I'm with you every morning, noon and night.

That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through,

God picked me up and hugged me and He said, 'I welcome you.'

It's good to have you back again; you were missed while you were gone.

As for your dearest family, they'll be here later on.

I need you here badly; you're part of my plan.

There's so much that we have to do, to help our mortal man.

God gave me a list of things, that he wished for me to do.

And foremost on the list, was to watch and care for you.

And when you lie in bed at night, the day's chores put to flight.

God and I are closest to you....in the middle of the night.

When you think of my life on earth, and all those loving years

because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears.

But do not be afraid to cry; it does relieve the pain.

Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain.

I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned.

But if I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand.

But one thing is for certain, though my life on earth is o'er.

I'm closer to you now, than I ever was before.

There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb;

but together we can do it by taking one day at a time.

It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too...

that as you give unto the world, the world will give to you.

If you can help somebody who's in sorrow and pain,

then you can say to God at night......'My day was not in vain.'

And now I am contented....that my life has been worthwhile,

knowing as I passed along the way, I made somebody smile.

So if you meet somebody who is sad and feeling low,

just lend a hand to pick him up, as on your way you go.

When you're walking down the street, and you've got me on your mind;

I'm walking in your footsteps only half a step behind.

And when it's time for you to go.... from that body to be free,

remember you're not going.....you're coming here to me."

-Ruth Ann Mahaffey 

She was born on June 19th, 1987 in Houston, Texas to Sonia Newsom. Melissa was a 26-year-old mother of four and pregnant when she went missing on Thursday, December 26th, 2013. 

"Love you guys. Sorry I haven't been around much before. But now that I'm with Jason, I will be around a lot more. I missed you guys. Merry Christmas,"  read Melissa's father as he clung to every last word Melissa wrote on his Christmas card. He last saw his daughter Christmas Day, just hours before she vanished.

This was the first time in years that Melissa got to spend with her family. In the past, her now estranged husband, Matthew Sowders, wouldn't really let her spend time with her family. But now they weren't together and she was with someone new, her childhood friend, Jason Sanford. Jason was the father of the baby boy growing in Melissa's tummy. This was the couple's first holiday together and sadly it would also be their last.

Melissa was in the middle of a messy divorce after being together nine years. She had granted Matthew full custody of her kids while she got her finances in order. She knew that Matthew's adopted father and well-respected journalist, David Sowders, would help him out until she got on her feet.

Melissa had never been away from her kids for Christmas before, so the day after, she met Matthew around 11 a.m. at McDonald's in the area of Interstate 45 just north of FM 1960, in northwest Harris County.  Jason was on the phone with Melissa until Matthew showed up. That was the last time he'd ever talk to her again.

Jason waited all day for Melissa to call him after she was done spending time with her girl's. Around 7 p.m., Jason still hadn't heard from Melissa nor was he able to get a hold of her, so he went to the Harris County Sheriff's Office to report her missing. They notified her family and now the frantic search for Melissa began.

Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies and volunteers searched around the area where Melissa was last seen and came up empty handed.

The next day, less than 24 hours after Melissa disappeared, a neighbor of Matthew called 9-1-1 with a story to tell. She said that she visited Matthew and saw feet on the ground. The 9-1-1 operator sent an officer to talk with the neighbor in person. When the officer arrived, the neighbor told him that she had knocked on the door of Matthews apartment. And that when Matthew answered the door she asked him why his daughter was crying. He said that his daughter was just upset. That is when the neighbor noticed the feet on the floor. She told the officer that they looked like female feet. The neighbor then said she asked Matthew "Whose feet are those behind the couch?"  And that Matthew had replied, "It's none of your business." And then he slammed the door.

After talking with the neighbor, deputies were sent to Matthew's apartment. They knocked and announced themselves, but no one answered, so cops barged through the door. Inside there was no body or apparent evidence of a crime. However, Matthew was called down to the police station for questioning.

When Matthew arrived at the station, officers asked him if anything crazy happened. He replied no, but then went on to claim that he and Melissa were still intimate and Jason didn't know. Matthew also claimed that before she left that night, that Melissa said that she was a horrible mother. He said that she then left on foot after she turned down a ride that he had offered.

Officers then asked Matthew about the neighbor that came for the unexpected visit, the one that had called 9-1-1. Matthew denied that the neighbor ever stopped by. They then asked him if he would take a polygraph test. Matthew responded by saying, "I'll be clear soon enough. We don't need the poly to do anything." He then told officers to look into Jason.

That evening, Melissa's car was found abandoned in a transport company parking lot on the North Freeway just north of Richie Road, near Cypress Creek.

Police pulled Jason's police record which was revealed to be violent. Just three months before Melissa disappeared, Jason was arrested for assault. This made investigators question his involvement in Melissa's disappearance so they pulled him in for questioning. During the interview, it was revealed that Jason was going through a divorce. And the assault charge was from him getting into a fight with his best friend that he found out was sleeping with his wife. Jason also offered to take a polygraph.

Police then talked with Melissa's best friend. She claimed that Matthew was obsessed with Melissa and that he was possessive and wanted her back. The best friend also said that Melissa was afraid of going over to his apartment. She claimed that Matthew even tried to kidnapped Melissa from work one night.

Another 9-1-1 call came in.

Operator: "Harris County 9-1-1. Do you need police, fire, or ambulance?

Caller: "Police... I need to turn somebody in."

The caller was scared and wanted to remain anonymous. She told the operator that she was a really good friend and lover of Matthew Sowders. She claimed that he visited her after Melissa went missing. Matthew had came over at night soaking wet from head to toe with his truck was all muddy and with a story of what happened to Melissa.

Caller: "He said that he blacked out and snapped and choked her to death and dumped her body in Spring Creek in a trash can.

Saturday, Texas EquuSearch volunteers looked for Melissa on foot, by boat and by ATV along and near Cypress Creek. Crews scanned the bottom of the creek, and a helicopter flew overhead to do the same. 

An anxious and hopeful Jason, arrived to lend a hand.

Investigators then asked Matthew's girlfriend, the anonymous caller, if she would wear a wire and get him to confess again. The girlfriend agreed and three days later, she recorded a conversation between her and Matthew. During this conversation, his girlfriend asked him what his lawyer said. Matthew said that he told his lawyer everything that happened and the lawyer said he had a good case. Matthew went on to tell his girlfriend that he thought he could get away with murdering Melissa since no body had been found. His girlfriend then urged Matthew to turn himself in and that Melissa deserved a proper burial. Matthew said he'd think about it.

In the meantime, authorities searched the area of Cypress Creek where Matthew liked to fish. It is now January 2nd, 2014, and searches noticed something down stream, below the water. It was a body with a tattoo near the hip bone that read, "Matt." Later the coroner confirmed that the body was Melissa's.

The discovery of Melissa's body tore her family and Jason's heart out.

Due to the weather and Melissa's body being submerged in water, the coroner couldn't find the exact cause of death, but they did rule her death as homicidal violence.

Authorities were able to get a warrant for Matthew's arrest. With undercover special ops teams watching his house, police arrested Matthew as he attempted to leave the house with his dad. He was charged with Melissa's murder.

Once Matthew was in custody, he was informed that they had found Melissa's body. With tears in his eyes Matthew stated that he wouldn't talk to anyone but his lawyer. 

Matthew appeared in court on capital murder charges involving Melissa and the unborn child. Prosecutors were sure that Matthew knew that Melissa was pregnant when he killed her. They also thought that that was probably the motivation behind her murder, but weren't sure that they could prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. So prosecutors had no choice but to vacate the capital murder charge for a murder charge.

Matthew plead guilty to murder and was given a 60 year sentence with the possibility of parole after 30 years. His father said that he was proud of coming forward and doing the right thing.....

Melissa's children remain with Matthew's parents and will grow up without her.