Beloved Young Mom Skull Found But NO ARREST

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 1 July 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In 1999, remains of a 21-year-old woman are found. She has been decapitated, dismembered and stuffed into black trash bags, discarded outside Atlanta. It is years before an identification is made. And even now, Melissa Wolfenbarger’s murder remains unsolved.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Wendy Patrick - California prosecutor, author “Red Flags” www.wendypatrickphd.com 'Today with Dr. Wendy' on KCBQ in San Diego, Twitter: @WendyPatrickPHD
Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, www.drbethanymarshall.com, Netflix show: 'Bling Empire' (Beverly Hills)
Sheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Twitter: @ColdCaseTips
Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan"
Shera LaPoint - Genetic Genealogist, Author: "The Gene Hunter", Founder: TheGeneHunter.com, Twitter: @LapointShera
Karyn Greer - Emmy Award Winning Anchor, WSB -TV, Twitter/Instagram/Facebook: @karyngreer

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0:00.0	Cribe Stories with Nancy Grace
0:07.0	A beautiful young mom, gorgeous brunette hair with a million dollar smile.
0:23.0	It goes missing. Last heard from around Thanksgiving and she is excitedly planning Christmas for
0:30.0	her two children with her extended family, her mother, but then she doesn't show up.
0:35.0	Five months pass and the theory is she just got up, took off and left her family.
0:45.0	Well, we all know that's not what a devoted mom does. Fast forward, her severed head, her skull is found.
0:57.0	Who killed Melissa Wolfenberger and why? We try to uncover the truth at CrimeCon Vegas, 2022.
1:11.0	WSB, Twitter Instagram Facebook, at Karen Greer. Of course she has to spell it differently.
1:20.0	You know those people, K-R-Y-N-Greer.
1:26.0	You know Karen is not a good name right now, so I need a different one.
1:30.0	That's a good idea. I was having you sit right here then just got Morgan just jumped up and got your spot.
1:37.0	And he goes, wait, yeah, she's gone, she's late. I'm taking her spot.
1:41.0	With me, Joseph Scott Morgan, death investigator, professor forensics, Jackson State University,
1:48.0	an author of Blood Beneath My Feet on Amazon. He's the star of a brand new hit series Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan.
1:58.0	And I need to take you back to school because your name is spelled wrong and the CrimeCon.
2:06.0	What do you say? Director is J-O-S-S-E-S-P-H, something like that.
2:13.0	I had nothing to do with that, me too.
2:15.0	Anyway, he's here. We all know Dr. Bethany Marshall, Psycho Alice, joining us from Beverly Hills, star of a hit series of her own, Bling Empire.
2:27.0	This is Wendy Patrick, WDBQ. Right, I've memorized it. San Diego, right.
2:37.0	Today we're Dr. Wendy, prosecutor. And I'm so glad you're here Dr. Wendy.
2:46.0	Oh yes, author of Red Flags. And she's very shy and would never plug herself.
2:54.0	Okay, guys, sitting right there is all the brains of the operation. Today, she's a LePoint.
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