Gorgeous Small Town Wisconsin Mom Goes Missing. Family Begs for Help.
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
It's been nearly six months since mom of three, Melissa Trumpy has been seen. Her disappearance came shortly after she and her boyfriend at the time, 35-year-old Derek Hammer, were arrested at Trumpy’s home in Monticello, Wisconsin, for drug-related crimes. Trumpy had reportedly agreed to cooperate with investigators and serve as a witness against Hammer. Since Trumpy went missing, Hammer was arrested for alleged bail jumping. Hammer served prison time in Nevada for battery by strangulation and possession of an explosive device, according to prison records. Authorities have not named Hammer as an investigative target in Trumpy’s disappearance.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Benny Affrunti - Father of two of victim's children, Change.org Petition: "**Missing Melissa Trumpy** Keep Derek Hammer In Jail"
- Mandy Mboge - Victim's Sister
- James Shelnutt - 27 years Atlanta Metro Area Major Case Detective, Former S.W.A.T. officer, Attorney, The Shelnutt Law Firm, P.C., www.ShelnuttLawFirm.com, Twitter: @ShelnuttLawFirm
- Dr. Shari Schwartz - Forensic Psychologist (specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy), www.panthermitigation.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrialDoc, Author: "Criminal Behavior" and "Where Law and Psychology Intersect" (Miami Beach, FL)
- Lisa M. Dadio - Former Police Lieutenant, New Haven Police Department, Senior Lecturer, Director of the "Center for Advanced Policing" at the University of New Haven's Forensic Science Department
- Stephanie Quirk - Multimedia Journalist/Reporter, WIFR 23 News (Rockford, IL) Instagram/Twitter: @StephanieTQuirk
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| 0:00.0 | The Crime Stories with Nancy Grace |
| 0:07.0 | When you see her, you may think she's a model. |
| 0:17.0 | This young mother of two goes missing. |
| 0:22.0 | The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Melissa Trumpi |
| 0:27.0 | is swirling and the more I investigate, |
| 0:33.0 | it seems as if the more tentacles it develops |
| 0:38.0 | and the mercier the mystery becomes. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:45.0 | Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Series XM111. |
| 0:50.0 | The more I delve into the disappearance of Melissa Trumpi, |
| 0:55.0 | the more I find out, the more obscure and odd, |
| 1:00.0 | different players in this scenario are, |
| 1:03.0 | the more possibilities as to whereabouts develop. |
| 1:06.0 | First of all, take a listen to our friends WMTV. |
| 1:10.0 | Right now, a search underway to find a woman from Monticello, |
| 1:14.0 | the Green County Sheriff's Office, says Melissa Trumpi was last seen on Tuesday in Monroe. |
| 1:20.0 | NBC 15's Gabrielle Rosk spoke with her family today |
| 1:23.0 | who are desperately looking to bring her home. |
| 1:26.0 | Authorities say Melissa has believed to have traveled to Shannon Illinois |
| 1:30.0 | the night she went missing. |
| 1:32.0 | Shannon is about an hour away from Monroe, |
| 1:35.0 | and that area is where loved ones spent hours searching for her. |
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