What Happened To Melissa Brannen? | The FBI Files | Real Crime
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- Опубликовано: 29 янв 2020
- Trace evidence convinces police and FBI agents that pedophile Caleb Hughes abducted and murdered missing five year old Melissa Brannen. But unless they can find her remains they cannot make a case for murder.
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He never gave the location where poor girl is buried and they still let him out?! And he only served half of his sentence? What an insult to her mother. 😭
UNBELIEVABLE
Our criminal justice system is a joke. Someone else will die at the hands of this monster, we'll mourn the poor innocent victim and ask ourselves why this was allowed to happen again to someone else. I don't understand why we are so lenient towards the most vicious and terrifying predators in our society
You are 100% correct an insult!
He should have remained there.
Whos next?
I cant believe it
and not to mention more of insult to melissa. she lost HER life to this man and now he's out free meanwhile she never even experienced a first crush, never got to explore hobbies and interests, never had a chance to see where her own life on this earth would lead her. it's heartbreaking.
How are people still in jail for years with drug charges but a man who SA and killed a precious 5 yr old girl gets released 🤯
Pathetic a** judges or laws.
Unreal totally unreal. So heartbreaking
He’s a white man; that’s how he was released from prison.
@@lisaramirez3273 as a white woman I agree 😞
Because they couldn't prove he killed her
Offering to take peoples children to the restroom??? WTF if that's not a giant red flag or scream child molester idk what does SMH.
Yeahhhh boyyyyyy
Definitely but those times were different.. paedophiles in general weren't that well-recognized and even verbal sexual abuse (like the mothers at the party described) was not taken seriously. I remember in my own childhood we were taught to trust and respect the adults we know, and these adults included the Caleb guy in this case.😑
@@lovecat80 Bullsh*t. Sorry, but that occurred only from people or in families with completely closed minds and no clue. There were child abductions and serial killers since very long ago. I was born in '65 and I recall after-school meetings and instructional videos about "Stranger Danger" in grade school. Also, there's NOTHING normal about an unrelated adult male offerring to take children to the washroom. He should have been told to leave right there.
@@heatherstewart9300 wow you're born 3 years after my dad. I'm not even that old I'm just 14 yo. but it's pretty cool knowing that.. I mean it's different in other places, maybe that's just where you live. cause here where we live there is/was 'Stranger Danger' but no pedophiles or molester alerts because children are/were too young to know such a thing
All those parents were complicit for not doing anything about him.
Omg what a nightmare. My mom always tells me “it takes one second”. Poor baby 😢
I am 34 almost 35 grew up in ffx and to this day my mother still has her missing flyer hanging up. So damn sad and tragic.
cheers from a fellow ffx kid, now 33.
@@pinktooth5473 ffx city for me lol! Happy new year's!!
@@reallive2109 Reston/Herndon on my end. Small world, huh? Hoping you have a safe new year, friend !
@@pinktooth5473 very small world! Stay safe and healthy! I am in pwc now and crime is crazy!
@@reallive2109 I occasionally do go back to visit folks, fairfax county tends to be a hard place for a lot of folks to leave it seems, I live out of state but near enough by these days. DC has always been a source of work so it’s nice to be close by to swing through for the right set of dates. No comment on crime beyond I hear you and I could imagine. Pretty incredible how the whole NOVA area has really developed, especially over the last two decades. Reston is on a fast track to be the next Tysons and I can’t tell you the growth already from the development of the silver line!
It angers me they released him after serving 28 of the 50 years. Now he can do it again. Something tells me this wasn’t the first time he did this...
@Nicholas Ramey k111
@Nicholas Ramey How would he not know?
@Nicholas Ramey and how the f*ck do you know? lol they found evidence and fibers ,hair proving he took this little girl. maybe you should rewatch this and pay closer attention.. people who uphold for these sick pieces of sh*t is just as sick....
@Nicholas Ramey HIM SAYING ''PROVE IT'' hes guilty but he will face God.
@Nicholas Ramey you're clearly close to him or are a killer yourself to think an animal who kills a child can be rehabilitated. He did it and didn't give up her body because that would be the solid proof that he did it
The location of the child's body hasn't been given up after 30+ years. That's the kind of information you beat the guy to get. Maybe some of the other inmates would like to help get that information for that poor little girls family.
james b
He's been out and free for a year now. 👎🏻
@@HopelessSinner Wow. Such a lucky guy, eh? I'm sure he's right as rain now.
james b
Hopefully he spends his life looking over his shoulder. Still time for someone to beat it out of him!
@@HopelessSinner Well, 29 yrs later, he's gonna be a lot older which can help curb impulses.
james b
Doesn't help the family to bury their dead child sadly!
Nothing worse than a child killer. In the 70’s I had my young daughter get lost from me 2 times, I found her within less than an hour, maybe it was a half hour. But I immediately started going crazy, I feel so bad for these mothers that have their child taken and I am so grateful that now we have DNA, cameras and all the new technologies.
That's why you watch your kids
This happened to us once with our oldest daughter she was probably 6. In a couple of minutes I had that helpless panic feeling getting ready to call 911. My wife had told her that we were going to go to the store and to get ready. It was the first time she responded and acted immediately, she got ready and went and sat in the car and was reading a book. Probably the scariest thing I've experienced.I too feel for the parents as well as the little kids that have to experience something so violent even adults for that matter that are victims.theres no way someone could even imagine ,unless they have experienced the same and survived.
@@edgarallanpoestheblackcat6613 You can't watch your kids 24/7. Growing up, I wandered off several times. Once, I went to a neighbor's house because I was pretending to be a reporter doing an interview. They were nice people and gave me lemonade. Mom didn't know where I was and I didn't hear her yell my name. That was the first and only time I was grounded. As a toddler, Mom had to have me on a leash to keep me from wandering off while shopping and often wished aloud that they made leashes for older kids.
My youngest sister disappeared several times, too, but in her case, she simply found strange places to fall asleep. We found her in a closet a couple times and once in the dryer.
@@brigidtheirish your poor mother
@@Frenchblue8 Yeah. I'm pretty sure I'm responsible for at least half her grey hairs. I've apologized for being such a pain to raise while she's apologized for not being a better mom. Thing is, we were both dealing with mental health problems that went undiagnosed for *years.*
It’s been 30 yrs, 10 months, and 28 days since she disappeared... I hope one day we can finally know what had happened to her...
I had Sinead O'Connor song in my head reading that 😂 (nothing compares 2 U)
@@boredweegie553 Lol
@@boredweegie553 Huh? What is the smiley face comment about re a raped and murdered child?
@@annwilliams6438 who gives a fuck
@@boredweegie553 It's a Prince song...she just sang it
How could that poor 12-year-old's body never be identified. She must be someone's missing child.
Right? They couldn't compare teeth, etc.
@@rachaelrenee88 If whoever it was hadn't been to the dentist in the last few years, there wouldn't be any dental records to compare.
Incompetent parents who didn't care about registering the child or finding her when she went missing; or parents who never bothered to register the child to begin with; parents who trafficked their child; or the whole family was murdered but presumed to have just moved away by others. I could really go on and on painting scenarios in which it wouldn't be so strange for no one to have identified the child.
Look up America's unknown child, the boy in the box. Sometimes no one wants to report the child missing because they would also be admitting to what they did to the child 🥺
This is why I sometimes love how in third world countries, the perpetrator is often beaten to get the info.
the way it should be
@@Deggers1972 it used to be like that, but then brave men said enough is enough when they realized innocents where being beaten too often. So no, it shouldn't be like that.
true but the quilty derserve all they get
Lol in those countries they don't care who they beat, as long as they get a confession.
True. I'm also a father of a baby girl and I believe animals like this should have been spit-roasted alive over a fire. There is a Sri Lankan Joke about Sri Lankan police busting nuts of criminals. In the international police search and locate competition, a team from the US, Russian, and Sri Lanka came to the final round. The last challenge was to find a rare rabbit in a wooded area and bring it back to the Judges. The US FBI team went first, But just to the edge of the wood..set up some 5th gen Tec stuff..and scanned the entire area, printed a report, and gave it to the Judges and said...No Rabbit in those woods. Next went the Russians...they stormed the woods..couldn't find the damn rabbit, Burned down half of the wood in anger and came back and said..That rabbit didn't want to be arrested. Uris here is sure the fucker ended up regretting it now. No Rabbit is ALIVE NOW in those woods. Then at last the turn for the Sri Lankan police came. They went to their given wooded area. After a couple of hours to everyone's shock...They were seen dragging a Large Bear under cuffs to the Judges. The Panel of Judges thinking that these Third world fools didn't understand "RABBIT" told them in clear English. Look This is a Bear, not a Rabbit. We wanted you to find the Rabbit. But before they could utter a word further...The Sri Lankan police chief nodded to his officers and they Suddenly gave the bear a savage beating...and told him to talk. The bear shouted to the Judges.." SIR....I WILL AGREE TO WHATEVER YOU ALL WANT FROM ME, I WILL SIGN ANYWHERE YOU WANT..IM THE ONLY FUCKIGN RABBIT IN THIS WOODS, Just don't let these dangerous little men beat me anymore...". :P Yeah If this dude was in Sri Lanka. He will get his Balls put on a rock and smashed with another rock...at which point even mutes start singing.
AND THE WIFE STOOD UP.. THANK YOU WIFE..BLESS YOUR SOUL..
DID RIGHT
The murderer had been released 2019 after just serving 28 years of his 50 year sentence. Not fair😤 !! He is now free but the poor mother is still tormented by her daughter abduction and disappearance.
He deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison but they shouldn't have even considered letting him out at least until he gave up the location of Melissa's body. At least.
@@michellelopez6980 God yes, if he showed any sort of repentence he would have told her location, he didn't? then there's not good behaviour, he didn't comply with the most basic of human decency. It's so unfair.
What Why so he can repeat his actions He’s a creep He needs to tell where her body is
Justice is blind and in too many cases; stupid.
My guess is, the bastard handed her off to some other pervert, which is why they can’t find any body. She could have been taken right out of the country. There was no internet back then, but sex trafficking was going on.
no body no parole
Jillian Collett
He's already been released unfortunately 👎🏻
Exactely!!!!!!
Forget parole- no body most slow and painful way to die.. eventually he would give the information. All pedos should be killed- no exception. Can’t change who they are and they will reoffend. So kill them. If they have killed children and not said where bodies are then they just die slow enough to get the info and have it confirmed. We have to stop the normalization of sexual attraction to kids and start actually protecting the people who matter- the children. (I’m not saying anyone here is on the side of these sickos.)
@@babbling_b1239 I agree 100000% with what you said!
He was released In 2019
He should never of been freed!! Killers should not even be put up for parole if they don't tell where the body is 😤😥 not that they should ever get out anyway but especially if they refuse to disclose we here they put the body
RIGHT, WHAT ARE THE GOVERNMENT DOING?
They should never be put up for parole....killing someone means that you are a legitimate danger to society. You should be allowed to leave prison no matter what you say or do.
This crime lab technician.. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Why was he released from jail ??? He deserve to rot in jail 😡😡😡
Wow the way they were able to connect this man to the child’s murder is amazing
No it isn't. It's police work. The fact you think it's 'amazing' tells me you have no idea how this works.
@@zoeyrochellezhombie829 don't be an ass.
@@zoeyrochellezhombie829 dude they’re allowed to be stunned by something.
If this things don't broke your soul and spirit, I don't know really what it will..
Poor Mum , what she has to went through ....
Is horrible !!
This hurts my heart. Literally it makes my heart feel like it's being squeezed. She looked like such a sweet and innocent little girl. That video clip of her... ugh... I can't imagine how hard this must have been for her mother. I'm not sure I could live anymore.
She didn’t look , she was. She was a little girl , all children that age are innocent and sweet. But I get what u mean. This is heartbreaking, parents worse nightmare.
My brain can't absorb that anyone would ever do this to a child. I know it happens, I have survived it, but my brain won't accept it. Anyone who can should run and hide, because I am not the only person angry. If I catch you harming a child, I WILL hurt you, and I don't care what punishment I will get. I have been beaten down enough I won't hunt you, but if I catch you I will make you pay. Trust me, what the cops will do will be a kindness compared to what evil people do to children. And other adults, to be fair. I will most likely be caught before I take any action, but maybe someone out there will have a chance. I would gladly give my life over and over to save a child from abuse.
28:27 One word: drugs ...
Same here, I see anyone harming/abusing a child or animal, ...
🤗
That's a real tragedy. The worst pain is losing a child, but not knowing, its a nightmare! My heart still pounding so fast...
What I don't understand is that no one decided to keep their eyes on him after all of the inappropriate things he did at that party. When I was 15, my HS organized a reunion with a daycare service and I signed myself up as one of the babysitters specifically so that I could make sure the known sex offender who went to the same school wouldn't have any kind of access to the kids.
Why the hell did not one of the people who heard him make vulgar requests become alarmed when they saw the same man spend time with and touch the children?
we can't blame the mother this is madness man... wtf the guy kidnapped her in front of several people fast as lightning I mean, how terrifying is such situation. no negligence by mothers side
Sadly, after serving 29 of his 54 year sentence, Caleb Hughes was released from prison due to "good conduct" in 2019. He walks among us, freely. Freakin frightening!
I was hoping that long sentences would mean just that when offenders re offend and the syatem woke up' ,as for good conduct? well,he didn't show good conduct when the child was taken.Too many creeps returned to the community after serving shorter sentences.Is any action ever taken against the powers that be when people re offend having been let out too early? ,I doubt it..
F'n seriously? :/ God Almighty, protect all of your sweet, innocent lambs, and serve justice where justice is due.
Where did he move to?
Perhaps a nitpicking point, but why would they search a 12-mile radius, based on 12 miles shown on the car's odometer? Wouldn't it be more likely a 6-mile radius? (6 out, 6 back home)? A "radius" is the distance from the center of, say, a circle, to its outer circumference. A "diameter" is the distance across the entire circle. A radius is half of a diameter.
They said they folded the string in half. 12 miles is from one side of the circle to the other.
They searched as far as a 12 mile radius. That’s the way I understand it.
Maybe his wife lied about the 12 miles that were on it?to protect her pervert husband?
I can’t even imagine the pain in this mother’s heart. God bless you Tammy.
It's always very heartbreaking when crimes involve young innocent children. Just can't understand why some people can be so heartless and cruel torturing children. The evidence is enough to keep this monster away from society and lockup for the rest of his life. This kind of person should be sent for hard labor if he wants to stay alive otherwise it's just a waste of money feeding him. Let's just hope the little girl remains can be found for closure...
THEY SHUD B DESTROYED IMMEDIATELY AFTER CONVICTION-ANYWAY U LIKE BY THE PARENTS!!
@@krisslloyd2280 unless he has not admitted where the child is then slow painful coaxing until he remembers where the child is, and it is proven that it is the child in question and then he can be put to death how the parents choose.
Rest in heaven sweet child😔🙏❤️
Geez, at least put up a spoiler alert.
Yes yes we Will's miss you so much
I love you
Good night's ok have a nice days
Sweet angel rest in peace
Why didn't they use dogs? Did they look through all of the dumpsters? So sad. Amazing with all of those people there, that nobody saw him abduct her.
They didn’t have K-9’s back then
😂😂😂😂😂
it is a very scary thing for a parent to turn their back for just a second only to turn back and find them missing
BRB...I gotta throw my hat, gloves, belt, toothbrush ,shoes, and glasses into the dryer for work tomorrow.
Any sensible wife would be filing for divorce the next day, as soon as the lawyer's office opened.
People who harm children are on the expressway of evil
If Hughes only knew at the time when challenging the cops to "prove it" that his ass would be put in jail thanks to Big Bird.
This episode is more descriptive than the forensic files episode of this called innocence lost.
Forensic filed is 21 min long this is 52....
The dramatic reenactment is awesome.
That would be the most horrible thing to happen to a little kid and to the parents. I feel so sorry for people wanna hear this kind of thing. And I don't understand it at all. I'm so glad that there are people like these detectives in the world.
Im confused, who the hell steals a child?
hood atheist people that should be disemboweled
There is only one spot for this kind of evil, it’s called “HELLFIRE”
If bastards like him refuse to tell where the body of their victim is, I would not feed them as long as they keep silent. And I would not let them out either.,
I remember my parents getting me a rabbit fun jacket for Christmas in the ‘70s. That fur got up my nose and on my eyelashes. I can see how they found it where that poor kid had been.
as a law enforcement makes me sick.I would never forget my first little boy.6 yrs old sweet angel. if we dint find them in the first 3 hours . bad news. my heart goes to the little ones And I share the sadness forever in my heart...
Rest In Peace sweet, sweet Melissa 🙏🏻💗🦋
Such a lovely hopeful thought, keeping the number her daughter had memorised.
I cannot imagine the anguish, the sheer terror, the hope against hope, I think maybe always just a little hope because of no final answer.
This has made me so sad, I send love.
God bless that suspicious wife of his and her keeping tabs on the mileage of his car
My God, my heart hurts so much for this family and this baby girl and all she went through! 💔😭💔 Jesus, wrap your arms around her family.
Am I the only one who feels bad for the body of the teenager that was never identified? She didn't got justice 😢 Mother's worst nightmare ! poor little angel, I hope one day the beast confess, my dad disappeared 8 years ago, I know the horrible feeling , hoping he'll appear one day, sometimes just hope to at least find the body to have closure . I know is 99.9 % he's not alive, but still 😥
So sorry!
Praying for you Brenda. Hope you guys find answers soon.
I am devastated that this man is now out and he KNOWS FOR SURE WHERE SHE IS!!! I am sickened to my stomach to think this mom still has to suffer not getting any closure while this cesspool of a human walks free.
Caleb Daniel Hughes was released on August 2, 2019, having served 28 years of his 50 year sentence. *Wikipedia
There are no words for my disappointment in your information! I'm beyond sad, hurt, profoundly, that the taking of a child's life isn't punishable with death? My God, the world weeps at this insult to life!
Terrible. The parole board should be dumped- and any future crimes he commits they are responsible for.
Why hasn't someone taken this guy out yet? Our justice system is seriously flawed as flawed can be
@Debbie Prokop Hughes was not charged with murder in this case; nor, to this day, has it ever been conclusively proven that Melissa Brannen is, in fact, deceased at all. As stated at the conclusion of the episode, Hughes was convicted of Abduction with Intent to Defile, which is not a capital crime in the state of Virginia. Although the likelihood that Melissa was, in fact, killed is quite high, this cannot be demonstrably proven to be the case, rendering any assertion that ‘her life was taken’ pure speculation.
Va has tge death penalty and he didn’t get it?
Who washes their belts 🤔
why didn't they beat out the truth out of him, why not give mother closure that her child is dead.....off course she was dead with in that 2 hours, but why they didn't beat the shit of him. i m so angry right now.
I couldn't agree with you more. I think people that hurt and kill kids give up their right to breathe. Zero sympathy for these peices of garbage. Death penalty is to good for them. I'd kill them, bring them back to life, and do it again. That's me being nice.
@@jeanprice2514 why bring them back to life repeatedly. let the torture continue non-stop, or even make them suffer some kind of fate that's worse than death.
I still remember this vividly. I lived in fairfax county at this time and it shook everyone in the area. My heart breaks for Tammy.🙏
that 12-mile thread and circle were ingenious.
Why wasn’t this monster in prison for life with no parole? Now he’s paroled to victimize other children. Wtf?
He’s out on parole?!?
@Austin sadly yes, he was released on parole last year.
@@lucianas4919 that’s not right 😡 he has never lead investigators to her and he will definitely re offend
@Austin, it’s not right, sadly he will likely never lead them to where he left her.
@dreamland underrated comment
As a parent It breaks my heart every time I see or hear a child is missing
Please Allah protect all children
allah burns melissa for 1000000 years in fire, allah is more evil than anyone could ever be. Yahweh is god, allah does not exist.
@@amanda.collaud reported. Racist bigot.
@@farawla9465 Religion is not a race.
@@heatherstewart9300 people who allow and encourage this type of racism usually say that it isn’t racism. It’s called cultural racism or religious discrimination. It doesn’t matter, as racism is usually a blanket term for discrimination. Look it up. The commenter said nothing wrong to deserve being attacked by vultures. They simply prayed for protection of children. Lowlives.
@@amanda.collaud Please respect other people's beliefs and religion
It's about time the law should change, any case to do with rape and kidnapped they put the M/F to sleep and get all the details HOW HARD IS THAT, Where is that little girl's justice.
@Mary Ray they take drugs and become perverted. its not genetic u nazi.
OMG! awww Melissa😢
Im amazed by the extent to which the authorities used to search a missing person during the 80s n 90s. I dont reckon such searches are carried out anymore. Maybe there was more humanity back in the day or maybe the population was also less and every person came a priority
I think if they're going to be paroled (they shouldn't) they should be required to tell where the remains are or no dice. Period.
I cant understand how people can do this things to a inocent.
Look up Psychopaths, you'll understand then
Good
Heartbreaking.
This kind of shit happened all of the time back in the 80s and 90s. No wonder my mother never left me out of her sight🥺
Yup...I always wash my clothes...and my BELT...and my SHOES...when I come home from a Christmas gathering. Doesn't everyone??
I ALWAYS do too 🙄
Especially if I’m innocent of any crime I may be accused of later on
Why?Is it a thing to do.
I hate to say but they should've offered a plea deal to find that baby's body.
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I was Christmas shopping with my mom at the Manassas VA mall the night this happened, I was born and raised in Fairfax County, graduated from Thomas Edison high school, so dame sad 😥
There are days when I detest human beings and today is one of those days after watching this case
That little boy at 2:23 is adorable.
I don't know why anyone would want to hurt a child!!
Or anything helpless really, elderly, animals, handicapped, it makes me so sad
Sad, thankfully there are men and women in Law Enforcement that handle this demoralizing type thing that happens against children.
I don’t see how they can deal with this day in and day out and not shoot the predators once they catch them.
And worse of all it’s I VA where I live and Morton is just a few miles from FBI headquarters.
Unbelievable evil and boldness that should result in a public hanging
I used to be a crime scene investigator. Some cases still haunt my thoughts and worse, my dreams.
This brings my heart knowing some killed a person and not know what happened to them and where they are
Scary😥😥😥 No one expects this. A party is going on and you simply don't think your child would disappear in a matter of seconds.
Hopefully there's more awareness now with the abundance of criminal psychology docs on serial killers , that psychopaths can't be rehabilitated . There have also been a few US studies on Serial Killers & their backgrounds which have found common childhood themes: 96% of serial killers on Death Row have experienced abuse,mental health issues & a head injury resulting in personality change .(frontal lobe controls empathy & impulse control).
Unfortunately you cannot do anything about an old brain injury. These people are not going to change. You have to keep them away from the rest of society.
Well said. I'm so sick of reading "I can't understand how anyone can do this to others." I always answer by saying they should research Psychopaths. Yes, can't be treated or cured, and are the ones most likely to be let out on parole due to their proficiency at lying. Good comment 👍
How did a room full of people not see anything?
Somebody saw something they just didn’t speak it’s word for that bystander effect
@@zoria1942 I'm mean, if it was me I'd have an excuse for not seeing or saying anything because I'm blind but the rest.......WTF
The guy didn't make a scene, someone could've thought he was a dad, uncle, etc. If it doesn't look suspicious, nobody is going to pay attention.
@@zoeyrochellezhombie829 absolutely. And Psychopaths feel no fear so their body language wouldn't have alerted anyone
It never ceases to amaze me the incompetence of these people investigating.
maybe you should tell them how to do it better,
At least they did an investigation. Kids of lower classes don't get half the input by police 😥
@@marilynwillett804 😒
Mr. Källström, you dont have to introduce yourself, you are a fu..... legend😀
Monster predator 😭
Kidnapping like this should be a capital crime. No second chance
@@trailtrs1 death right away no kid should ever have to be in that situation and I don’t understand how people find kids sexually attractive
@@daisypenner4228 1000% agree
This is so unfair to this child. He should never be let out ... now there could be the possibility more victims . these laws need to be seriously ammended.
That feeling they get is telling them to beware of him and keep them away from this guy.a mothers intuition is always right on though.
So sad to not have closure. They need her body she needs to come home.
So sad !
I heard he’s out now I hope they got all eyes on him
4:52...it was bitterly cold at that time on the east coast...I remember that winter...I lived in Central Florida and it snowed enough to build up on the ground (unheard of down here)...coldest time in Florida I remember in my 45 years here...can only imagine what it was like in northern Virginia where this happened...
That poor little girl. It pains me to think what was going through that little ones mind.
She must’ve been so scared. My heart breaks for her family who have had to go without their little angel.
I can't even Imagine the horror, even though they did not detail what he did to the little girl 😢
Caleb Daniel Hughes, a handyman for the complex, was convicted of abduction with the intent to defile and sentenced to 50 years in prison. Her body has never been found, she has never been proven to be dead, and murder charges have never been filed.
Caleb Daniel Hughes was released on August 2, 2019, having served 28 years of his 50 year sentence
That makes no d*m sense.
I’m sure there’ll be other victims
There's no body, thus no crime. The evidence you HAVE is circumstantial meaning you'd better find the reason it's there. If he works or aids in sex trafficking.....
Should not have been released till he gave them the body site. Like Helens law in the UK.
I vaguely remember this case 😒
So the car had 12 miles so Melissa is in that 12 mile radius somewhere guaranteed
May have passed her off to an illegal adoption? I hope Melissa is still alive.
@@ThePeterDislikeShow ah true but the 12 miles radius is a start
Gone 5 hours. Could of been transffered to another vehicle
If he passed her off for adoption, why would he do his laundry in the wee hours of the morning .... ?
Wouldn’t it be 6 because the car had to do 6 miles return trip?
I'll bet I could get the information out of him but I'd end up in jail!! The legal system protects these pieces of crap!!
That’s crazy bc I’m from Falls Church, VA damn
How someone can be charged for kidnapping but not murder is crazy to me. Seen to many “parents” claim to have givin a child away and get put within years. Be charged for abandonment but in reality this is a loop hole that allows murders to go free.
Wouldn’t it have been easier to use a gc-mass spec than use all those sample comparisons?
Any chance of a video on Peter Tobin please!? Found the channel yesterday and it's brilliant, cracking job pp
There’s loads on him just put it in the search on RUclips
If he had been proved guilty, police should get the whole story from him as what he did to that innocent child. Police have tactics to get to the truth which should come from such criminals. I am devastated that parents are still left with tears and no where about of their daughter. At least he should be forced to tell where her body is. I am heartbroken.
Jim is sitting down today. This is different.
You gotta keep your eyes open
you can tell his face says it all its creepy man
He should not have been released until he told them where this little one could be found
Poor Melissa!
sick
40:40 this scientist learning about colors for the first time.
So sorry for this poor woman..Such a beautiful, sweet little girl..