On this episode of The SoJo Files (Season 3) we will be reading & discussing newspaper articles published within the first week of Melissa Witt's 1994 disappearance. We will read each article & then discuss / critically think through, what I consider to be, misinformation, misleading information, & everything in-between.

FOR THIS SEASONS VIRTUAL MAP & MEDIA CLICK HERE >>>> HERE <<<<

Special thanks to this seasons production team: Season 3 was written, researched, fact checked & produced by: SoJo, Payton C., Sierra S., Lindy M., Anna S., Brittany M., Kim.
The voice of Melissa Witt narrated by: Anna S.
The voice of local newspapers narrated by: Sierra S.
The voice of Mary Ann Witt narrated by: Kim B.

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On season 3 episode 4 we will be discussion the discovery of the blood evidence in the Bowling World parking lot found after police left from towing Melissa Witt's car from that very parking lot just hours earlier. From images of police after discovering Melissa Witt's car is clear officers walked right over the blood evidence multiple times after finding Melissa's car & towing it yet failed to notice blood spanning over 100 feet in the Bowling World parking lot.

On this episode we will dive into the blood evidence, what it tells us, what it doesn't tell us, & what questions it leaves us with.

Click >>> HERE <<< for the virtual map that pairs with season 3!

Special thanks to this seasons production team: Season 3 was written, researched, fact checked & produced by: SoJo, Payton C., Sierra S., Lindy M., Anna S., Brittany M., Kim.
The voice of Melissa Witt narrated by: Anna S.
The voice of local newspapers narrated by: Sierra S.
The voice of Mary Ann Witt narrated by: Kim B.

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On this episode we will be discussing the discovery of Melissa Ann Witt's 1995 white Mitsubishi Mirage Coupe that was located in the Bowling World parking lot December 4th 1994. Bowling World was only 6.7 miles from the Witt home. Arguably one of the first places you would think to look. A place searchers without a doubt would have driven by or near. Yet, no one claims to have thought to look there nor seen the car just sitting there nonstop for 3 days until 8:30am on December 4th 1994.

Then hours later a worker from Bowling World called Fort Smith, Arkansas police department to let them know they had a set of keys turned in they thought might belong to Melissa Witt. Keys the Fort Smith police department didn't think to go inside to check for when they located & towed Melissa's car.

Fort Smith, Arkansas police said Melissa Witt wasn't missing - they wouldn't file a police report.

Fort Smith, Arkansas police said they found Melissa Witt's car but suspected no foul play - even though they towed her car to be finger printed.

A missing girl that wasn't missing & car that wasn't part of a crime nor a crime scene with no foul play & nothing to see... but everything to see was right in front of their faces.

For season 3 we made a virtual map for our visual besties & hopefully for a better podcast listening experience! The map features relevant locations discussed this season for the Melissa Witt case as visual aids & additional information attached to each location! CLICK HERE TO VIEW!

Special thanks to this seasons production team: Season 3 was written, researched, fact checked & produced by: SoJo, Payton C., Sierra S., Lindy M., Anna S., Brittany M., Kim.
The voice of Melissa Witt narrated by: Anna S.
The voice of local newspapers narrated by: Sierra S.
The voice of Mary Ann Witt narrated by: Kim B.

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Episode two will be taking a closer look into the initials hours following the disappearance of Melissa Ann Witt on December 1st 1994. This episode will look at the days that followed, December 2nd & 3rd 1994, & what Melissa's friends & family did to try to locate their loved one without police assistance.

We will discuss how friends passed out fliers, one flier in particular, Fort Smith police departments response or lack there of, & local news media coverage in the initial hours of Melissa's disappearance.

REMINDER that this season we have prepared a 3D virtual map for this case! This gives listeners a visual of all the relevant areas! Just click HERE to get to the map! When you click on key areas for this case you will find additional information, images, crime scene photos, & visual aids we deemed relevant for a better podcast experience!

Special thanks to this seasons production team: Season 3 was written, researched, fact checked & produced by: SoJo, Payton C., Sierra S., Lindy M., Anna S., Brittany M., Kim.
The voice of Melissa Witt narrated by: Anna S.
The voice of local newspapers narrated by: Sierra S.
The voice of Mary Ann Witt narrated by: Kim B.

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Welcome to season 3 of SoJo! On this season we will be diving in to the 30 year old cold case of Melissa Ann Witt out of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Which makes today, December 1st 2024, the 30 year anniversary of Melissa's disappearance, the perfect day to launch this season!

Melissa Ann Witt was 19 years old living a very simple southern life when everything changed on December 1st 1994. Melissa was going about her normal daily routine when her killer decided to abduct her, there was no sign of Melissa for 43 days, until she was discarded like trash an hour away in the Ozark Nation Forrest.

Thirty years later Melissa's case is still unsolved & her killer very well may have just had Thanksgiving with you & be joining you for Christmas!

For this season we have made a 3D virtual map for our visual besties!

CLICK HERE FOR >>> VIRTUAL MAP <<

This map has not only all of the relevant locations for this season but each location is accompanied by notes, crime scene photos, visual aids, etc.



SEASON CREDITS:
Season 3 was written, researched, fact checked & produced by: SoJo, Payton C., Sierra S., Lindy M., Anna S., Brittany M.
The voice of Melissa Witt narrated by: Anna
The voice of local newspapers narrated by: Sierra S.
The voice of Mary Ann Witt narrated by: Kim B.

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