When an Oklahoma newlywed is found murdered in his own home, all signs suggest that his missing wife was abducted from the scene.

A small town is haunted by these crimes, plus another eerily similar abduction in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

I'm your host Leah, crime analyst by day, and true crime storyteller by night.

And as always, I'm a co-host Scott. A quick heads up. This episode contains mention of sexual

assault. We won't go into any explicit details, but still, please listen with care.

Melody and Paul Jones were both last seen alive on May 5th, 1983. They were 19 and 20 years old,

respectively, and lived in a rural area just outside of Earlsboro, Oklahoma. Earlsborough is a town

of just a few hundred people located about an hour's drive east of Oklahoma City. Melody and Paul were

married, and despite being so young, they'd actually

been married for two years by this point. They shared a modest home, and Paul worked at a nearby

golf course while Melody worked at a Dairy Queen fast food restaurant. Paul was actually from

Gloucester, England, and had somehow wound up in rural Oklahoma as a teen, but Melody had grown up in the area and had

lots of nearby family to show for it. She and Paul spent a lot of time with her family, which was

very tight-knit. On May 5, 1983, Melody did something she often did when the weather was warm,

went fishing with her family. Melody loved to spend long days connecting with nature,

whether it be on the water, through fishing, or through another one of her favorite pastimes,

gardening. So very much like you in that sense. Yeah. That day, she and numerous family members

spent the entire day at the nearby Shawnee Twin Lakes. Paul wasn't there, Scott, I assume he may have had to work

with it being a warm spring day and him working at a golf course, but I don't know for sure.

It makes a lot sense. In any case, Melody's parents and siblings were all there. It was a typical,

pretty idyllic day for all of them. After night fell, Melody's parents packed up her younger

siblings in her vehicle and headed for home. Meanwhile, her night fell, Melody's parents packed up her younger siblings in her vehicle

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