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A woman is about to make her final vows as a nun and is taking part in a spiritual retreat on Convent grounds to pray about her decision. One morning, she grabbed an apple and her Bible and walked up a hill less than 100 yards away from the Retreat House to sit on a bench and pray. Just hours later, her lifeless body would be discovered 40 feet away from that overturned bench. The brutal sexual assault and murder of a nun in a sacred religious space would spark fear and outrage. Nearly 50 years have passed, but thanks to carefully preserved DNA evidence, her case may finally soon get answers.

Sources:
https://uncovered.com/cases/roberta-elam

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/t9lme2/roberta_elam_was_a_26yearold_nun_who_was_killed/

https://www.nbc.com/the-dna-of-murder-with-paul-holes/video/who-killed-sister-robin-elam/4067270

https://cindygoff.blogspot.com/2012/01/unsolved-murder-1977-murder-1-who.html

https://stjosephretreatcenter.org/

https://robertaelam.blogspot.com/2010/09/raped-murdered-on-june-13-1977.html#comment-form

https://positivelypittsburgh.com/a-rash-of-murders-southwestern-pa-in-1977/

https://darkmatter69.blogspot.com/2020/01/who-killed-west-virginia-nun-roberta.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/q5nkxc/was_there_a_serial_killer_operating_in_western_pa/

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A mother arrives home where her 19-year-old daughter and 18 month old grandson are staying with her. She expects the house to be empty because her daughter is supposed to be at work and her grandson to the babysitters. But when she arrives home, she see's her daughter's car still in the driveway. Even more puzzling, the house is locked from the inside. Confusion turns to concern when she hears her grandson crying in the home and her daughter doesn't answer the door. After forcing her way into the home, she finds her grandson unharmed but no sign of her daughter. This case has gone on a roller-coaster of leads, but still remains one of the most confusing and bizarre cases the Quad City Region has ever seen.


Sources:
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/crime/vanished-qc-a-mother-waits-40-years-to-see-her-daughter-again/

https://www.trimblefuneralhomes.com/obituaries/emma-jean-mccorkle

https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/crime/vanished-qc-for-4-decades-a-missing-womans-mother-son-have-no-answers/

https://ourblackgirls.com/2020/03/14/regina-mccorkle-vanished-in-1981-her-son-was-found-locked-in-bedroom/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-what-happened-to-regina/157767082/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-missing-regina-1982-augus/157767046/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-regina-mccorkle-other-mis/157766987/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-regina-mccorkle-other-mis/157766987/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-regina-mccorkle/157892756/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-foul-play-suspected/157892877/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-brief-overview-of-regina-mc/157893037/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-church-service-to-be-held/157893084/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-100-reward-form-c/157893432/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-boyfriend-passes-t/157893502/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-robert-mccorkle-ob/157893605/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-april-of-1983-so/157895356/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dispatch-6-months-in-hit-dead-end/157895547/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/quad-city-times-bizarre-case-all-leads/157923219/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/quad-city-times-continued-of-bizarre-art/157923711/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/quad-city-times-police-fear-she-was-abdu/157924335/

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A nurse works the overnight shift and then drives home to her house on a dead-end dirt road. She calls her mother and husband to let them know she made it home safe, and then crawls into bed to sleep. That would be the last time anyone would hear from her again. When her husband and children arrived home they would find signs of a violent struggle in the house, but Melinda was nowhere to be found. Police suspect foul play immediately and think she was attacked while sleeping and abducted from the home. Investigators looked into multiple serial killers operating within driving distance of her home at the time, including the infamous Baton Rouge Serial Killer - Derrick Todd Lee. But many local people believe the answer is right in their small town and that people out there know what happened to Melinda. Now is the time to come forward.

https://www.northescambia.com/2013/03/exclusive-sister-addresses-mcghee-disappearance-sheriff-has-message-for-abductor

https://uncovered.com/cases/melinda-mcghee

https://www.northescambia.com/2021/03/after-18-years-the-search-continues-for-melinda-wall-mcghee

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP5022

https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Melinda_McGhee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmore,_Alabama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRRgNpXjuWw

https://charleyproject.org/case/melinda-wall-mcghee

https://www.al.com/live/2013/03/10_years_later_escambia_county.html

https://www.atmoreadvance.com/2013/03/26/search-continues-for-melinda-mcghee/

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/usedtobedoe/mcghee-melinda-w-march-24-2003-t7055.html#google_vignette

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/a-timeline-of-derrick-todd-lee-s-killings-capture-and-conviction/article_9397101d-4e88-5d04-a265-ed213c30238f.html
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-selma-times-journal-2008-word-that/157407976/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-melinda-m-sist/157407082/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-remains-found/157406964/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-anniston-star-april-9th-search-cal/157405331/

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