Shocking Secret Gets Young Mother Killed The Day After Christmas- The Disappearance of Melissa Sowders

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12-year-old Celina Mays was born in the midst of her parents' toxic relationship. Their substance-addled union ended, and Celina stayed with her mother while her father moved in with his sister Cerita, a local pastor. After the tragic death of her mother, Celina was forced to move in with her father and his family, whom she barely knew. She was thrust into a world of strict religion, spending most of her free time at her aunt's church or with its members.Things appeared to be normal, until a 12-year-old Celina goes missing 2 weeks before she was set to give birth. Police are stumped as to what happened to her or who the father of her child is. Their leads run cold, until they start looking into Cerita and the church she and the family spent so much time at. After someone in the family was found guilty of a separate crime, a swarm of suspicion surrounded Celina's family. Soon, people realized this well-known, religious family seemed much darker than anybody ever expected.For business inquiries email:[email protected] Connections Formhttps://forms.gle/VyNnYBsS1s2ud62a7General Case Request Form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/X9qPePB7cdGFSgEX7Support CrimeDive using the links below!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rss.com/podcasts/crimedivepodcast/?listen-on=trueTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@crimedivewithlexi9?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/crimedivepodcast_/⁠⁠⁠⁠National Center for Missing & Exploited Children1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/827787/1Willingboro Police Department609-877-3001

30-year-old Jayna Murray was a bright graduate student at a prestigious university. While pursuing her 3rd degree, she worked at a Lululemon in an area full of high-end retail shops. The morning after she worked a closing shift, Jayna and her coworker, Brittany Norwood, were found tied up, bloody, and beaten in the back of the store. Brittany, the lone survivor of this brutal attack, tells a harrowing story of how two men broke into the store as they were closing up. This left Jayna dead and Brittany badly beaten. But as police went over evidence found at the crime scene, they realized it didn't match up with the story Brittany gave them. Pretty soon they realized, this so-called "survivor" was not who she appeared to be.Take a DEEP DIVE into crime to find out how a woman fooled everybody into thinking she was a victim when she was actually a murderer.For business inquiries email:[email protected] Connections Form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/VyNnYBsS1s2ud62a7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠General Case Request Form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/X9qPePB7cdGFSgEX7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support CrimeDive using the links below!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/crimedive-podcast/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@crimedivewithlexi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠9⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/crimedivepodcast_/⁠⁠⁠⁠The Jayna Troxel Murray Foundationhttps://www.facebook.com/TheJaynaTroxelMurrayFoundation/

Bonny Lee Bakley had a pretty checkered past. She did whatever she had to do to earn money, even if it meant breaking the law. After awhile, she set her sights on what she believed could get her paid for life: having a child with a celebrity. 10 marriages later, Bonny meets, marries, and has a child with Robert Blake, a famous actor from the 60s and 70s.But Robert wants nothing to do with Bonny. His knowledge of her past makes him not trust her, and he refuses to let her raise their daughter on her own. Their marriage is simply an arrangement for the sake of their child. So when Bonny is murdered the moment Robert steps away during a night out to dinner, he is the prime suspect in the eyes of police.Take a DEEP DIVE into crime to find out if Bonny Lee Bakley's famous husband turned out to be her killer.For business inquiries email:[email protected] Connections Form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/VyNnYBsS1s2ud62a7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠General Case Request Form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/X9qPePB7cdGFSgEX7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support CrimeDive using the links below!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/crimedive-podcast/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@crimedivewithlexi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠9⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/crimedivepodcast_/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

26-year-old Melissa Sowders was raising her 4 children with her high school sweetheart-turned husband, Matthew Sowders. They had gotten married at only 16-years-old after Melissa got pregnant with their first child. Over time, the relationship ran its course and Melissa was ready to move on. Forced to sign over her rights due to financial issues, Melissa struggled to care for herself while trying to stay in her kids' lives.With a new boyfriend in tow, Melissa spends her first Christmas without her kids. The next day, she meets up with Matthew to see her youngest child. But when Melissa disappears shortly after, police uncover a shocking affair and a secret pregnancy that all seem to lead to a tragic end.Take a DEEP DIVE into crime to find out how a young mother tried to keep a secret that she knew would get her killed.For business inquiries email:[email protected] Connections Form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/VyNnYBsS1s2ud62a7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠General Case Request Form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/X9qPePB7cdGFSgEX7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support CrimeDive using the links below! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/crimedive-podcast/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@crimedivewithlexi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠9⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/crimedivepodcast_/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Christmas tends to look the same for every family. You open presents, you have dinner, you listen to music, and just spend time together. However, this wasn't the case for the members of the Downtown Posse. They were a group of young misfits who lived on the fringes of society. They were distant from their families, did anything for money, and didn't care who they hurt. So it meant nothing to them to carry out one of the most brutal killing sprees in Dayton, Ohio history during what was supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year.Take a DEEP DIVE into crime to find out how 6 innocent people's lives were taken at the hands of young, selfish, individuals without a care in the world.For business inquiries email:[email protected] Connections Form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/VyNnYBsS1s2ud62a7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠General Case Request Form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/X9qPePB7cdGFSgEX7⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support CrimeDive using the links below! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/crimedive-podcast/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@crimedivewithlexi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠9⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/crimedivepodcast_/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ed and Minnie Maurin were two elderly Christmas tree farmers who owned a large tree farm in Washington State. They were known in their community as being loving, caring, and sweet to everybody they came across. Life for them was great; they had good friends, a great relationship, and a very tight-knit family. But as Ed and Minnie are set to host their annual Christmas party, their friends and family realize they're nowhere to be found. On Christmas Eve, a tip leads police to a gruesome discovery that nobody saw coming.With so much evidence left behind, everybody expected the killers to be caught. But little did they know, this justice wouldn't come for another 30 years after a dark secret was revealed by someone close to the family.Take a DEEP DIVE into crime to find out how two beloved, elderly tree farmers were killed in cold blood just days before Christmas.For business inquiries email:[email protected] Connections Form⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/VyNnYBsS1s2ud62a7⁠⁠⁠⁠General Case Request Form⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/X9qPePB7cdGFSgEX7⁠⁠⁠⁠Support CrimeDive using the links below! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/crimedive-podcast/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@crimedivewithlexi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠9⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/crimedivepodcast_/⁠⁠⁠⁠

The holidays are a time for family, love, and relaxation. Normally, the Wholaver family was excited for the holidays, but things were different this year. Jean and Ernest Wholaver made the difficult decision to divorce after 20 years of marriage. Ernest was forced to leave the home and move back in with his parents away from Jean and their two daughters Vicky and Izzy. But just months after the separation, Jean, Vicky, and Izzy were found dead in their home on Christmas Eve of 2002. As police look into possible suspects, they uncover a dark family secret that exposes someone close to the girls who seemed to have the perfect motive to kill.Take a DEEP DIVE into crime to find out how a seemingly happy family imploded after years of lies, secrets, and abuse.For business inquiries email:[email protected] Connections Form⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/VyNnYBsS1s2ud62a7⁠⁠⁠⁠General Case Request Form⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/X9qPePB7cdGFSgEX7⁠⁠⁠⁠Support CrimeDive using the links below! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/crimedive-podcast/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@crimedivewithlexi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠9⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/crimedivepodcast_/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Debbie and Sunil Eappen were hardworking, accomplished parents. Having 2 kids, one being a baby named Matthew, while working in successful careers can be difficult. They were overwhelmed and needed some help. So, they decided to hire 18-year-old Louise Woodward through a nanny agency in England. Longing to come to America and experience life, Louise seemed more focused on the nightlife of a new country than doing her actual job.Her fun, although irresponsible, seemed innocent. That was, until Debbie received a frantic call from Louise that baby Matthew wasn't breathing. But when he arrived at the hospital, doctors realized his injuries tell a much more tragic story, with Louise being the prime suspect.Take a DEEP DIVE into crime to find out how an innocent-looking nanny may have been a cold-blooded-killer.For business inquiries email:[email protected] Connections Form⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/VyNnYBsS1s2ud62a7⁠⁠⁠General Case Request Form⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/X9qPePB7cdGFSgEX7⁠⁠⁠Support CrimeDive using the links below!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/crimedive-podcast/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@crimedivewithlexi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠9⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/crimedivepodcast_/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Alexis Patterson was a bright 7-year-old little girl. She loved school, was very social, and very close to her mother. On a crisp spring school morning, Alexis walks to school with her stepfather, LaRon. But when she never comes home, her mother realizes she never even made it to class.After interviewing teachers and students from Alexis's school, police learn of suspicious activity in the weeks leading up to her disappearance. Threats of student abductions, a strange truck being seen outside of the school only before Alexis went missing, as well as her teacher spotting her speaking to a mysterious woman, made it seem like somebody had been plotting on taking her. But when police find out they have a personal connection with Alexis's stepfather, LaRon, the investigation takes a turn for the worst.Take a DEEP DIVE into crime to find out how vivacious young girl was kidnapped in broad daylight and was never seen again.For business inquiries email:[email protected] Connections Form⁠⁠https://forms.gle/VyNnYBsS1s2ud62a7⁠⁠General Case Request Form⁠⁠https://forms.gle/X9qPePB7cdGFSgEX7⁠⁠Support CrimeDive using the links below!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/crimedive-podcast/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@crimedivewithlexi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠9⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/crimedivepodcast_/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠