Missing: A Quarter of Century, The Disappearance of Melissa Wolfenbarger

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Mother of two, Melissa Wolfenbarger is missing. Her husband doesn't report her missing and tells investigators that they always talked of changing their names, getting fake identification and going "off-grid" out west, and that is what he thinks she did. A skull is found near where Chris Wolfenbarger works, but it is identified as the skull of a man. Years go by before the skull and other bones found near her husband's former workplace are identified as Melissa Wolfenbarger. But the case remains unsolved. Investigator Sheryl McCollum devotes years on the case and documents it in her incredible podcast called Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will give you the complete story and explain how a Serial Killer helped break the case in an attempt to get justice for his daughter.

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00:11.82 Introduction - Avon Avenue and Melissa Wolfenbarger
05:03.78 Discussion of a skull and a missing mother of two
09:43.56 Discussion a head found in the road, where is the rest
15:02.40 Discussion of family and contact
19:53.10 Talk about the "finder"
24:57.23 Discussion of what to do when you find part of a body
29:47.38 Discussion of skull identified as male
34:41.20 Discussion of arms and legs found
39:51.28 Discussion of investigation
45:29.76 Discussion of serial killer helped solve crime
Conclusion - listen to Zone 7 podcast for details

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0:00.0	Body Facts with Joseph Scott Moore.
0:04.0	The name Avon is a curious name.
0:10.0	I think that probably most folks particularly my generation think of Avon the think of
0:17.7	say what's the old commercial avon lady calling and bringing cosmetics to the door of a home
0:27.3	Which is kind of kind of interesting said least. I think Avon is still a thing. I actually think it's like a multinational company that's still based in London
0:38.7	But you know the origin of the name Avon is kind of fascinating.
0:46.0	Avon actually is a descriptor of a river.
0:52.4	It's a name of a river, it's the name of a river in southwest England.
0:56.0	And as a matter of fact, someone very famous is associated with that region and living in proximity to that river.
1:07.8	And that would be William Shakespeare.
1:10.1	As a matter of fact, every now and then,
1:12.2	he is actually referred to as the Bard of Avon.
1:19.3	But today, we're going to talk about another location that also carries the same moniker.
1:30.4	Only this is not the Avon River.
1:34.0	It's Avon Avenue.
1:37.0	In southwest Atlanta.
1:40.0	And we're going to be talking about a case involving a young mother who has been dead now since 1999 and finally an arrest has been made in her case. I'm Joseph Scott Morgan and this is body bags. As I have stated in the past Dave, I count myself as a Norlenian,ent parts of my life there ever since I was an infant, then into young
2:29.0	adulthood, been down and still go home. I call it home.
2:33.6	And you know, the world of New Orleans
2:36.8	is actually dictated, I think, geographically at least,
2:40.7	by water. You've got the Mississippi River obviously that kind of
2:46.8	cuts its way you know through the city and literally divides metro and
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