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Someone Knows Something

The Next Call with David Ridgen: Episode 1 in the case of Melanie Ethier

Someone Knows Something

CBC

True Crime

4.620.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On September 28, 1996, Melanie Ethier says goodbye to her mother Celine, and goes to a friend’s house to watch a movie. Melanie is never seen again.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.8

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0:10.5

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0:15.8

for my mother-in-law! Jame, you're on! I'll be back in a moment!

0:22.3

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0:27.3

Airport, step on to Cloud9. This is a CBC podcast.

0:39.8

They asked myself why am I here? I never even watched Melanie Lee the house. It was

0:44.7

a little bit weird but it was the last time I saw her. Hello? Hello? Hi, is this Celine?

1:00.7

Yes. This is Celine Ethier. I've reached her in the small town of New Liskard, Ontario.

1:07.7

Okay, so I'm sitting by the lake. I usually come here almost every morning and drink the

1:12.5

leave when I think of Mel.

1:15.4

Celine's daughter, Melanie, aged 15, disappeared on a walk home from a teen get together in

1:21.6

New Liskard early one September morning in 1996. Mel has never been found and Celine

1:29.0

still lives in the same town. And 24 years later, she's still every day works through

1:36.4

Mel's disappearance. There's a big tree by the lake in New Liskard. So quite often I

1:43.9

go grab my coffee and sit by the lake by her tree.

1:48.6

This call isn't for someone knows something but for this new podcast I've developed with

1:53.7

the CBC called The Next Call. The next call is all about The Next Call, investigating crimes

2:04.9

over the phone to go as far as I can and furthering a case and showing as I go my process of

2:11.2

investigation. COVID distancing inspired, yes, but also an approach that potentially allows

2:17.7

me to work on more cases in more places. Episodes will mostly take the form of the calls

2:23.2

I make in the order I make them. And I will go as far as I can until I can't go any further.

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