Melinda Marie McCollom has been missing for decades, but the man that reportedly hid her body is free. Today's episode not only looks into the events around her disappearance but asks a big question about criminal reform and what price does a person have to pay to completely resolve their past transgressions.

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Melinda McCollom, please contact the Seal Beach Police Department at 562-594-7232. Anybody with information regarding the disappearance of Dennis Kaye Woods, is asked to contact the Long Beach Police Department at 562-570-7260.

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This is not intended to act as a means of proving or disproving anything related to the investigation.  It is a conversation about the current known facts and theories being discussed.  Everyone directly or indirectly referred to is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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