UNSOLVED: Melissa Chilton & Tiffany Campbell

08/13/23 • 15 min

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On February 22nd, 1996, two young girls Melissa Chilton and Tiffany Campbell were employees at an establishment in Nashville, Tennessee. The business was called Exotic Tan for Men and the business offered exotic dancing and private sessions for the clients. What was supposed to be a normal day at work turns into double homicide. https://fox17.com/fox-17-investigates/unsolved-27-years-later-can-justice-be-found-in-double-homicide-of-two-nashville-teens https://www.wkrn.com/unsolved-tennessee/tanning-bed-murders-remains-one-of-nashvilles-most-notorious-unsolved-cases/ https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2018/06/29/1996-nashville-tanning-bed-killings-charges-dropped-against-suspect-patrick-streater/745475002/ https://www.middletennesseemysteries.com/article/443/davidson-county-tiffany-campbell-and-melissa-dawn-chilton-aka-the-tanning-bed-murders https://www.newschannel5.com/news/state-drops-charges-against-suspect-in-tanning-bed-homicides

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MISSING MONDAYS: Marlena Childress

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On April 16th, 1987, four year old Marlena goes missing while playing in her front yard. Her mother Pam first states that she is not involved in her daughters disappearance. Just seven weeks after she goes missing and confesses to her murder. However, she recants her confession and the charges were dropped, but Marlena is stilling missing. In 2002, Pam is charged with attempted murder for stabbing her 12 year old son. Is Pam responsible for her daughter's disappearance. https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/170dftn.html https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tbi/documents/missing-children/USTN_Marlena_Childress.pdf https://www.nwtntoday.com/2012/04/12/cold-case-investigation-to-focus-on-disappearance/ https://www.wbbjtv.com/2012/02/18/girl-missing-for-almost-25-years-police-still-searching/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/9h48i9/the_1987_disappearance_of_4year_old_marlena/ https://www.wkms.org/society/2012-04-16/west-tennessee-child-missing-24-years https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-news/unsolved-missing-child-cases-in-tennessee-date-back-up-to-40-years-have-you-seen-any-of-them/

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UNSOLVED: MMIW Tina Fontaine

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From birth the cards were stacked against Tina but she fought hard to overcome all the hurdles and obstacles that she faced. But after the loss of her father at just 12-years-old her life started on a downward spiral. Tina was failed her entire life by the system in Canada and many interventions could've been done to save her.
In August 2014, 15-year-old Tina's body would be pulled from the Red River. Someone would be arrested of her murder, but then found not guilty.
Listen to her tragic story now told by Holly.
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Episode Sources:
Residential Schools:
https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/
MMIW Source:
https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/missing-indigenous-women/missing-indigenous-can#:~:text=Indigenous%20women%20represent%2016%25%20of,are%20women%20are%20being%20targeted.
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/jf-pf/2017/july04.html
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-17-kids-at-risk-1.5055481
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/report-finds-services-failed-to-support-tina-fontaine-in-final-months-of-her-life-1.4330606
https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/indigenous-leaders-call-for-change-after-system-fails-tina-fontaine/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-reforms-child-welfare-justice-system-1.4550165
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/tina-fontaine-s-family-mourns-loss-as-9-year-anniversary-of-her-body-s-discovery-looms/ar-AA1f7BuC
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https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/it-can-t-continue-to-happen-tina-fontaine-remembered-on-anniversary-of-her-death-1.6514564#:~:text=It%27s%20believed%20Fontaine%20died%20on,River%20at%20the%20Alexander%20Docks.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-not-in-vain-how-tina-fontaines-tragic-story-showed-a-way-forward/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/let-s-not-forget-she-was-a-child-murder-charge-laid-in-death-of-tina-fontaine-1.2696774?cache=%3FclipId%3D89530
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tina-fontaine#:~:text=In%20early%202014%2C%20Tina%20Fontaine,trade%20and%20struggling%20with%20alcoholism.
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