Where is baby Melissa McGuinn
Robert Rebecca McGuinn were a young married couple living in canada goose coats Trenton NJ. In 1987, they moved into a row home on 637 Lamberton St along with Robert Ashley (who Robert McGuinn knew from work) and Robert Ashley’s common law wife Wanda Reed. At this time, both of the women were pregnant.
uk canada goose Rebecca gave birth to a little girl named Melissa on August 3rd and Wanda’s son Jimmy was born 5 months later. Rebecca was a first time mother Canada Goose Jackets and was only 19. However Wanda (who was severely mentally handicapped and functioned on the level of a small child) had previously had two other children that buy canada goose jacket she was judged unfit to care for. uk canada goose
Rebecca and Wanda stayed home together caring for the babies and often taking shifts watching them while the other one worked on household chores or ran errands. These “shifts” generally began first thing in the morning. Rebecca did not like to smoke around her young daughter so she would wait until Wanda took both babies downstairs and then she would have her morning cigarette, take a shower, get dressed, and then take over with the little ones while Wanda went up to get ready herself. They did this just about every day and never had any problems.
Despite Wanda’s mental handicap, she was said to have been good with the kids. Robert Ashley, Rob McGuinn, Rebecca McGuinn, and Wanda’s family members all agree that none of them were concerned about the safety of the kids around Wanda because she really seemed to take good care of them and was quite affectionate and loving towards them.
canada goose On the night of March 5th 1988, the two families went to a neighbor’s party together. Nobody noticed anything wrong and they all had a good time. It’s been claimed that while there, the partygoers made a big fuss over how sweet and adorable 7 month old baby Melissa was. And that Wanda’s 2 month old son Jimmy got much less attention, which many speculate may have made Wanda jealous. (However their neighbors from 9 doors down, Linda and Lisa, have since said that they personally did not notice any special attention being paid to Melissa over Jimmy at that party). canada goose
That night after they returned home, the McGuinns’ family friend Larry slept over their house. He slept on the living room sofa and at some point in the night he wedged a sleeping bag in front of their front door to try to stop the draft that was blowing in and making him buy canada goose jacket cheap cold.
Rebecca woke up the next morning, March 6th, and started preparing for her day. Wanda entered her room shortly after she woke up, canadian goose jacket said good morning to Rebecca, and gave Melissa a kiss before walking her young son Jimmy downstairs to the “day room” where they usually played with the Canada Goose Outlet babies. Wanda then returned to Rebecca’s room and offered to watch baby Melissa while Rebecca got ready, which was their normal routine. Wanda then walked down to the day room with Melissa in her arms. After they got downstairs, Rebecca began changing out of her pajamas and lit her morning cigarette.
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Canada Goose Online 9 doors Canada Goose Parka down, their neighbor Linda is woken up by someone banging at the door. She and her teenage sister Lisa go to answer it and find Wanda frantic and out of breath claiming that baby Melissa went missing. Linda called the police and then ran with Wanda back to the home she shared with the McGuinns to see if Melissa was really Canada Goose online gone. Canada Goose Online
Rebecca was still undressed and only halfway through her cigarette when she heard a loud commotion and ran downstairs to find Wanda and Linda trying to push their way into the front door, which was still blocked by Larry’s sleeping cheap Canada Goose bag. Rebecca says this occurred between 5 and 10 minutes after Wanda walked downstairs with the baby.
canadian goose jacket Upon entrance, Linda asked Rebecca where Melissa was. Rebecca said she was with Wanda, to which Wanda replied “uh uh, that baby gone”. Rebecca, still undressed, ran out front to look for her daughter and instead was greeted by 5 police officers who had been called to the scene by Linda. Child Services workers showed up next and took away Wanda’s 2 month old son Jimmy. canadian goose jacket
Canada Goose Jackets At first when they began questioning her, Wanda claimed that a black man in a blue car had pushed her down and ran away with the baby. Then it changed to two black men in a red car. Then the story changed to her giving the baby to canada goose somebody (a “neighbor lady” in one story, a “random black man” in another version) in exchange for drugs. Then she claimed to have accidentally dropped her in the creek, which soon changed again to her intentionally throwing the baby into the Delaware River. Cops soon realized she was so slow and impressionable that she would say just about anything she thought they wanted to hear. Canada Goose Jackets
canada goose factory sale Wanda was promptly arrested for kidnapping and made dozens of confessions that all contradicted one another. Every time she spoke, the story changed. But none of them were matching up. canada goose factory sale
buy canada goose jacket Nobody in the neighborhood saw any strange cars or unfamiliar African American men. canada goose deals And it didn’t seem possible for her to have gotten to any body of water in the tiny window of time that Rebecca was away from Melissa. The Delaware River is a 10 15 minute walk from the McGuinn home and Rebecca is positive that she wasn’t upstairs long enough for Wanda to get there at all, much less get there and back. The McGuinns (as well as the psychologists and cops) don’t think Wanda was even mentally capable of setting up some kind of drug deal or trade arrangement as she was that severely incompetent. buy canada goose jacket
Investigators were at a loss and had no idea what they could do at this point. If she’s too incompetent to perform basic Canada Goose sale tasks, she probably couldn’t have arranged an entire sneaky baby drug trade on the downlow. If no cars or suspicious people were seen by the many neighbors outside, she probably wasn’t accosted by kidnappers out front of the house. If the closest body of water is 10 15 mins away and Rebecca was only upstairs for about 8, she probably could not have been able to throw Melissa in a river. So. what the hell happened?
Canada Goose sale Melissa was never found. LE spent 3 full days doing an exhaustive search of the surrounding neighborhoods and found no evidence of the baby girl anywhere. Multiple tracking dogs were used to no avail. They followed up with another extensive http://www.mycanadagoosejacket.org search of the Delaware River and again came canada goose black friday sale up empty. Canada Goose sale
Wanda Reed was forced into a mental hospital, which she at one point managed to escape but was quickly caught and returned. She was deemed unfit for trial due to her mental incapacity. As a result, all of her charges were dropped. Her 2 month old son was adopted by another family. She is still alive, living with relatives out of state as a free woman. canada goose outlet She still has never provided any legitimate explanation for what she did with Melissa that morning. It’s been claimed that LE is in possession of letters once sent between Wanda and her ex husband that possibly talk about selling a baby. But they have never confirmed this publicly.
canada goose clearance sale Rebecca, who was unknowingly already pregnant with her second child when Melissa went missing, spiraled into a severe suicidal depression and had to be hospitalized to keep her from hurting herself. She now lives in Arkansas with Melissa’s two brothers. Her first polygraph was inconclusive but she passed all of the later ones. Law enforcement is fairly certain that neither parent had anything to do with Melissa’s disappearance. Robert McGuinn died in 2008, without ever knowing his daughter’s fate. canada goose clearance sale
Melissa would be 31 years old right now. She has pale skin, blond hair, blue eyes, and a pigmentation mark on her right tricep. She was last seen wearing a dark pink hooded sweater, white flowered quilted overalls, and pink socks. Her family believes she is alive and is out there somewhere unaware of who she really is. A few women who believed they may be Melissa came forward but none were a genetic match. We are no closer to solving this than we were when it happened 30 years ago.
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uk canada goose outlet A video of Wanda Reed now, recorded at her family’s home by a civilian who has been very dedicated to finding answers in this case. You can’t hear all that much because they have the television on and relatives talking in the background, but you still really have to watch this to fully understand how “slow” Wanda is. (Actual interview with Wanda starts at 1:36) uk canada goose outlet
canada goose coats on sale Rebecca describing the case and her side of the story. She’s a little long winded but it’s informative and worth watching. canada goose coats on sale
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canada goose uk black friday An interview with Lisa, a sister of one of their neighbors. She was at the party the night of March 5th and was present the morning of the 6th when Melissa went missing. It was recorded by the same woman who interviewed Wanda. There are two parts. canada goose uk black friday
Edit: I made a map of their neighborhood. The McGuinn home is circled in red, Linda’s home that Wanda ran to is circled in yellow. First of all, like others here I find it disturbing that a mentally healthy adult man would be involved with a woman with such a level of comprehension.
But, assuming that the descriptions of her capacities are more or less correct, most people with such capacities are also extremely guilible. If she is being told by someone that they only want to take the baby for a ride in the car to try the car seat, or look at it for five minutes, or even another really made up story that none of us would fall for, it canada goose store possible she tell for it and only after a minute or two understood that this person is not coming back and panicked. I had students who give their wallets or bikes to someone asking to look at it without thinking twice it might be a thief.