Crime Junkie

MURDERED: Melanie Howell

April 23, 2026·23 minnarrativetrue crime
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This episode of *Crime Junkies* investigates the 1976 murder of 22-year-old nursing student Melanie Howell in Los Angeles, a case that remained officially unsolved for decades despite being quietly closed by detectives. The story centers on a baffling contradiction: an LAPD cold case d

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Melanie HowellPaul BustamanteElizabeth WolfeMartin MoharoAshley FlowersDaleHenry Lee LucasMalika Dollywell

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Audiochuck

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Cold CasesCriminal JusticeForensicsInvestigative JournalismSerial KillersTrue CrimeUnsolved MysteriesWrongful Convictions

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