All im thinking is, is shannon really gone . We interviewed her roommates, boyfriends, everybody is a suspect. Then a phone rings. Right. He says ive kidnapped her, i have her. And we ran his criminal history. Thats when all the bells went off. He pulls in, asked me to get in the car. I feel the cold blade against my neck. He carries me to the basement of his home. It was jawdropping just chilling they started digging and they found womens clothing. It was just escalating escalating there were so many victims, arent there . There were. There still are. Until this guy is no longer in existence. I will carry this fight hello, and welcome to dateline Shannon Melendi dreamed big. At 15, she wanted to become a Supreme Court justice. In college, she scored a prestigious internship at former president jimmy carters foundation. Then, suddenly she vanished detectives had a suspect in their sights. But it would take years, and the revelation of another teenagers horrific tale, to unravel the mystery of sharons disappearance. Heres Dennis Murphy with shannons story the snapshots, the videos. They documented her life. The photographer dad, the camera professional captured every moment of his daughters life. She loved life. She wanted to do everything these parents did not know back then how difficult it would be one day to look at these memories. I want to remember her voice. I put on a video. Its probably the hardest. Its hearing her voice. Im Shannon Melendi welcome, to our special segment. When i look at that video, definitely a sweet memory. I look back at how just innocent we were. Shannon was someone who wanted to live. But then came that phone call, way back in march 1994. Shannon melendis Little Sister monique was just 13 years old. I received a phone call former roommate. Shannon was midway through her sophomore year in atlanta. They received a phone call from their Childhood Home in miami. And on the other line was athena, her Sisters College roommate. Athena was distraught, and was asking me if i heard or spoken to shannon. Shannon had not been seen or heard from in more than a day. Now are you starting to do the calculation even though you were 13 . That there was trouble . There was. I knew immediately that something was terribly wrong. Monique hooks up with the roommate and makes a few calls of her own. I immediately called my godmother who was living in atlanta. After she had heard from shannon, i she did not. I called my aunt that also lived there. She had not heard from shannon. Monique was gripped with fear. She called her grandparents, and her grandfather came to pick her up. Moniques dad was at work. And the mom was with them. And after they were done, they went to the mothers house. I went to the car. And it was my mother, i, think my mothers sister came out. And said shannon is missing. I dropped to the ground. And many said well never see them again. I just saw my father collapse to his knees. And i knew i was right in feeling the fear that i felt. When you heard the word missing, what did you feel . I just keep thinking, no it cant be shannon. Missing. It was beyond all imagination. From the roommates, a Love Timeline emerged. Shannon was supposed to be in her dorm on the saturday night, but when she still wasnt home by sunday morning, a roommate started to worry. She said where is she . So she went looking for her. The first thing she did was went to the softball country club. Shannon worked parttime at a Softball Field five miles from campus. The roommate went to look for shannon with two other friends, but they missed the entrance to the Softball Field parking lot. And when they turn around, they she saw her car parked at a convenience store. Gas station. Shannons black nissan. Unoccupied, and parked at the far end of a gas station. She was as proud as she could be of that car she loved her car what was concerning about the way the car was found. What condition it was in . It was unlocked. Keys in the ignition. And the biggest thing was the plate on the radio. At that time, radios were a commodity. And shannon would always take the plate off and take it with her. But that expensive radio plate was still in the car. Which to the family meant this wasnt some kind of robbery. They called the police. They were patched through to the Dekalb County police department. Where gene moss worked as a captain. You know, we had a lot of Missing Persons in my day. That was something we investigated a lot. One of his officers was sent out to meet the roommate and friends at a gas station. There was no blood, no real signs of anything. No struggle or anything. So it was just, you girls take the car home . Yeah, take the car. Shannons friends drove the nissan back to campus. The melendis were reeling. Youre worried where she is. Right. It did not take long to hear back in miami that she was missing. And Martina Vasquez found out in the worst way possible. I was got up and was ready to go to class, and my father looked worried. He just handed me a copy of the local section of the miami herald. It says miami family is flying up to atlanta to search for their daughter. Shannon melendi. It was surreal by the time anne read those words, the famile was already in atlanta. Feeling dazed and desperate. I was like, whats going on . Whats going on . A question that would consume Law Enforcement and the melendi family for over a decade. What happened to shannon . Police float the idea that she might have skipped town. Coming up i tell them, you do not know her you do not know her she would never run away. She never ran away from anything. And then, some of them shannons acquaintances draw the interest of investigators. They would call me at home, they will call me at work early in the morning. When dateline continues anketed her college campus. Everywhere the melendis looked, there was shannons face. Their daughters missing photos posters blanketed the campus. All that i could think of is, where is shannon . Is she okay . As the investigation started, police told reporters that they were looking at two very different possibilities. Either she left on her own, or someone else grabbed her. If police were looking into whether shannon left on her own. The melendis told them they were wasting their time. I told them, you do not know her you do not know her she would never, ever run away. She never ran away from anything the melendis use the media to spread the message. Hoping the focus on the case would lead to answers. I know im doing whatever have to do to get this thing happening. So you think to get anything going it had your passion. Im gonna do what i have to do and i dont care whos toes i step on. Shannons only thing that made sense was that she had been abducted. Police were investigating every option. The first thing you do on a Missing Persons case of this magnitude is try to interview all of the acquaintances and friends. And we didnt get as much information as out of those as we can. The melendis were eager to share. Because they knew their shannon would never put them through this kind of pain. Theyre shannon put everybody else at ease. She had a smile that warmed the room. She would walk in and people would go, shannon is here from a young age, she commanded her parents attention. She had her father under her thumb. And she would just look at him and say, but daddy please she was very good at convincing me of whatever she was trying to do. People with liking being around her. She was witty, smart, funny. Shannon and anne became fast friends in seventh grade. We have a lot in common. Her father came from cuba. My parents were immigrants from cuba. We were, i guess you could describe, as go getters. For shannon, the getting was good. She was captain of the debate team, and class president for two years in a row. She had the gift to speak in front of the scat class or group of people. She just was not a frayed. We cannot always say its for the better this is a video of shannon, and her pal anne doing a School Subject together. Its the same things to be both unethical and immoral. While others believe it is aokay. You answered 15 whether youre gonna do . And shes gonna tell you what. That she is going to be a Supreme Court justice. But before the Supreme Court was emory university. Over 700 miles from home. I was unhappy with that. You thought she was too far away . That she was too far away. But Shannon Strived for emory university. She loved everything about it. The culture, the nightlife. She loved everything about it. She studied political science, and scored an internship at the carter center. And now, her determined Family Leverage every political collection. From the local congresswoman, to the former president. And the case was on the fbis radar. The feds would join the search for the missing college student. We interviewed her roommates, boyfriends, you would imagine that everybody is a suspect. Special agent joe had investigators look into every aspect of shannons young life. Including a spring break trip she took before her disappearance. Who did she meet with . What hotel did she stay at . With who did she travel with . And one of the questions of the top of the list. Did shannon go all over the grid . With someone who Met On Spring Break . We spoke to a lot of people. All the people that she spoke to. Including chris. They went to high School Together and he was on the group spring trip to panama city beach, florida. So we would be on the beach during the day. We will be out in the night knife at night in the cubs there. And you werent bracing not so much. I think it was a little bit wild. We were not out of hand at all. It was very controlled. Knowing whats gonna happen, is there anything you look back on . And world thats about . No, i did not see anything. We were just young and having a good time. Chris told the fbi just that when they showed up at his apartment for an interview. Investigators have lots of questions. Including asking chris to account for his own whereabouts after shannon disappeared. I did feel under pressure at points. How so . They shared a couple of times, they would call me at work. They would come in home early in the morning. Chris was not the only one being grilled by authorities. He was good friends with one of shannons ex boyfriends. He had gone on a few dates with shannon, but i dont think it was anything long term, or serious. Authorities polygraph the acts. They were still interviewing all of shannons friends, when a mysterious phone call came in. The caller was about to give police a clue that would kick start the engine of this investigation. 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He didnt Pay Attention to a lot of balls are being thrown. His objective affection was shannon, who was behind home plate, where she was Keeping Score of the game. She was Keeping Score that day. Hes checking out shannon . Yes. He was more interested in watching shannon than he was in calling the sophomore game. Police learned his name was bush hinton. Here is seen on camera, getting ready for a game. He was a man or of a church where his dad was a pastor. He was married and had a job is an Airline Maintenance worker when he wasnt umpire at the Softball Field. You dont take the stories at face value, you go describe what should say, lets talk about saturday, whats your story, what we are doing that . We did talk to him on april 4th. He told police he was aware that shannon was missing. He said nothing unusual happened during the game. Still he had a number of inconsistencies. It did not add up. Internal different stories about where he was in the hours after shannon vanished. He did say he went home soon after the game. Sure enough, Phone Records showed he made a phone call from his house. If this man did something to shannon, he wouldve had to tight window to commit is crime. Hinton was the only possible suspect they had. Then a phone call came in. One that could become a gamechanger we had hoped that when the call came in. There was a moment where you thought, oh my gosh, shes alive, shes. Okay this is about a week after shannons gone missing is, that right . Correct. Who gets called and whos on the other land . The phone call came into the emory counseling center, emory university. He asked her first if she was familiar with the case. The woman said no, explain,. He said i have kidnapped her. I have her. A man had shattered. He said she was fine and healthy. Before the color hung, up he told the operator his plans. When im done with her, i will release her. What youll find where im is an article that belongs to her. He hung up and got off the phone. Following that the fbi did immediately trace the call to emorygot the call from reintroduced back to a phone booth. A phone booth outside the city and just as the caller promised, there was something there. Underneath the phone booth, a little cloth back. Inside the cloth back, a ring. A ring. Even recognize the ring right away. It was a gold ring and it had an oval storm with two little diamonds on either side. Whats the story about that particular . Ring. Her godmother had given it to her. Shannons Parents Told Police she got it in high school. They said from the day she got it, that ring was always on chinas finger. She even wore it in this family portrait. Lewis and ivan knew whoever made that phone call had their daughter. A dreadful shock. But mixed with some vindication for the family in their dealings with the authorities. They had to accept that she was definitely kidnapped. You can no longer say flighty because we established that she was, in fact, kidnapped. 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Is there a glimmer of hope here, that youre in a period of Ransom Negotiations with whoever this caller was . And that moment, i kind of had hopes. You know, all of a sudden, i said, maybe we can recover. So youre waiting for another phone call . If this is about money, maybe we can there still a chance, that she still alive. The fbi was less optimistic. What was your instinct telling you . Ten days out is a long time on a kidnapping. I think, in this instance, you can probably give it a little more possibility that shes alive because she was an adult. Its possible. With that new break in the case, the family stepped up its media campaign. We are living through every parents nightmare. We just want to shannon to come home. They started raising money for a possible ransom demand, canvassing the city with flyers and more. We put 77 billboards all around the city. I felt that if people see her face, they cant move her. Shannons family and friends kept waiting, but no Ransom Demands came in. That was The One And Only call. As time goes on, you realize, shes gone. Shes not coming back. Law enforcement focus on the key lead. That softball umpire, butch hinton. Hes still the Prime Suspect in the disappearance of shannon, im assuming . He is, we have no other suspects. They dont have any physical evidence to link him to shannon, so they executed a series of Search Warrants. This was to take his blood sample for dna, if dna was found that matched his hair samples if the same was found. Additional Search Warrants let Law Enforcement go to hintons home, about 30 miles away from emory university. Shannons family found out about it from the local news. We know you are the primary suspect in the disappearance of Shannon Melendi, and we would like to take a moment to talk to you. I glanced the tv and i see a picture of an officer going like this, with the rod, and one of the planters. They were at his house . Yes. We already knew that he was a suspect, so they were at his house searching the house. Where the cops letting even on this . Very little. What did you find . That house was gone through with a fine tooth comb, they say. They also took a cadaver dog down there to see if there was any evidence of a body being there. We found nothing down there. No sign that shannon had ever been there . That we could find. But, in the trash pit behind hintens house, they did find something interesting. A collection of womens clothing. Anything from shannon, any garment, any apparel . There was nothing of evidence to link him in those Search Warrants to shannon. What about shannons car found abandoned at the gas station . The officer on the scene let shannons friend drive it back to campus, that meant any forensic evidence was contaminated. This was our first mistake. Not to beat that officer back in the day up, but what was the protocol there . What shouldve happened when you had come upon the abandoned vehicle . Somebody shouldve from investigation shouldve said release the car. We wouldve been able to maybe look at the vehicle at the time and see if there was any forensic evidence. Shannon had been missing for days by the time a Forensics Team got a real look at the car. When they processed the chief, what did they find . Was there anything there. Well thats another interesting thing. They came to the conclusion, the crime scene people did, that the car had been whiped down so someone had made an effort to clean the car up . Yes. Shannons parents felt certain that he had kidnapped their daughter. And hope hed be arrested. But days turned to weeks. Weeks two months, with no resolution. They came to realize the unbearable, they would never see her again. Photographing others happy events became too painful for luis and yvonne. Is it difficult that youre in the business of gathering intimate memories for families and yet not being able to do the same for your child . Yes i was discouraged from that. We tried one, and she was crying, and she usually operates my camera in the back of the church. Too close . I went back to check and she was crying. And i said thats not fair to the bride and groom, its not fair to us. So that was the last couple of weddings that i had. I finished them, and never booked another one again. To this day. Difficult as it was, they still kept up the Awareness Campaign in the press. Until a sudden twist five months after shannon had disappeared. The phone rang. It was ten after 11. And a friend in atlanta said, butch hintons house is on fire. Investigators determined the fire was deliberately set. And when he filed a Insurance Claim on the house, he was arrested for fraud. He was convicted, and sentenced to nine years in prison. It was great to have him off the streets. But, that just left shannons family and shannons friends wondering what happened to shannon . Where is shannon . With hinton now behind bars, shannons loved ones worried they would never have an answer. But investigators were about to dig deeper. Coming up from hundreds of miles north, a critical clue in the form of a bone chilling tale. He asked me to clasp my hands together, and tie my hands by my back. Whats going on here . Im not registering its a problem until i feel the cold blade against my neck. And he says if you dont cooperate i will use it on you. When dateline continues hi do you know that every load of laundry could be worth as much as 300 . Really . And your clothes just keep getting more damaged the more times you wash them. Downy protects fibers, doing more than detergent alone. See . This one looks brand new. Saves me money . Im starting to like downy. Downy saves loads. [doorbell ring] trick or treat. 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Now the end of the investigation into the disappearance, had a deadly clock taking to his release. The case was still open at that point in time. We realize no new leads are coming in, and we decided at that point, this is the time when bitch would get out of jail. Hes gonna get out of jail in december 2003. During this time behind bars, the fbi was working on the case. Building up more and more Circumstantial Evidence against him. Seems like it was just escalating, escalating, escalating. The thinking is, well, were gonna know whats happened. It would take a new prosecutor to look at the case with fresh eyes. John petree, who was the chief assistant da for Dekalb County georgia. Well, we never really had much at all until the u. S. Attorneys office did in fact bring the boxes to us and i was able to find an empty store room in the courthouse. And created, what i call a war room for this case. So i buried myself in his office, started going through the file. One thing was clear, hinton had been the key is suspect early on because he had a criminal record. As petrie came across the file he came across a single name. Tammy singleton. She told the same story she had told the fbi. It was a real small town. I did know anybody. Back in before the disappearance, she was 14 years old and living with her parents in illinois. One day, she got a call from the exboyfriend. The brother was 22 years old, already married. He asked tammy to get together and she agreed to meet him on the way to a slumber party. Im waiting around when my overnight bag. He doesnt see me initially, and then does. She expected her ex to be there too. But he wasnt. Still, she knew the brother was a son of his onetime pastor. So he asked her to get in the car, and she did. And he said he had something from him for me. It was a ring that he tried on my fingers, and placed on my pinky. And then he asked me to clasp my hands together, and tied my hands behind my back. Tammy, tammy what is going on here . Im not registering it is a problem until i feel the cold played against my neck. And he said you know this is . A knife. And if you dont cooperate i mean i use it on you. The man with a blade, as you might suspect, was butch hinton. He tells me things like, i want to waste you right now. If you dont cooperate, ill do you like i did the other two. Ill waste you right now . Yes. And at some point i move from the front seat to the back. And he proceeds to tie me further. To use bandanas tied together on my mouth. He dictates me. He is what is known as hog tying, and places me in the trunk. Tammy says he drove around with her in the trunk for a long time. Until they finally got to his house. He carries me through the seller door in the basement of his home. Its now dark out . Yes. Can you yell or scream at this point . No, my mouth is gagged. You had clearly been objected. To what ends you do not know. How are you going to play this person . I prayed hard. He took the gag off of her mouth and started asking her questions. He asked me if i ever had sexual intercourse. I told him no i had not, i was a virgin. I had never had sex. What did you say about his face . About his demeanor . There was a Jekyll And Hyde personality. I recall the evil that passed over his eyes. There was definitely an evil in his eyes. At the time he is talking to me. Hinton took her to a bed and sexuallys assaulted her. At that point i had lost it, and it was painful what he was doing. So i was screaming, please dont do this to me please dont do this to me and crying. After the assault, he left tammy in the basement, handcuffed with duct tape on her mouth. And at some point i hear his wife, i hear her voice upstairs. So i began to make some noise in the basement. And shes like, what is that . And he kept running to the basement. Which was curious to her. So in the meantime, i managed to lick the duck tape off of my mouth. So that my mouth was free. And he came down, and opened the door. Yelling at me. He actually punched me, and i somehow managed to connect with his thumb and bit him. And he recoiled because he was in pain. And the wife was behind, she sees me. She says what is going on . I said it is me, Tammy Singleton. He tried to rape me. And she broke down in hysterics. And immediately, hes like a chastised little boy. So his demeanor changed again . Yeah. And so she is begging. She says butch, you have problems, you need to get help. But hinton was arrested and charged with kidnapping and taking indecencies with a child. He pleaded guilty, but mentally ill. How long was he inside . He received a four year sentence and he served about 21 months. That short Prison Sentence in tammys case back in the 80s meant he was a free man. Free to divorce and remarry. Free to move to georgia, free to get those jobs at Delta Airlines and the Softball Field. And free to Meet Shannon In March of 1994. As john petrie studied the files, he realized there was a lot there. But with a huge challenge. Shannons body had never been found. But this prosecutor wanted to take a chance. This is the kind of case that you look at and you say, i want one of those i can make a difference here . Yes, i can make a difference hinton was released from prison for that Insurance Fraud case in 2003. It will take a few months before Law Enforcement finally investigated him for murder, Ten Years After shannon disappeared. And i heard butch being arrested. For the murder of Shannon Melendi. And my tears, just hit my glasses. My glasses were wet from the inside. And, and that was a great moment. Great moment for my soul a great moment for the family. For sure. But prosecutors had an uphill battle. Still did not have a body, or a crime scene. Could they convince a jury that was butch hinton was shannons killer . Coming up an emotional trial. This is your first chance really see him. 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Bush hintons trial for the murder of shannon began in august of 2005. More than 11 years after she disappeared from that Softball Field in georgia. When we went into the courtroom, i was thinking in my head 15 50 chance. That was the way it could go. There it was, the onetime Delta Airlines Maintenance Worker they had in their sights for years. This is your first time to really see him . Well you know, if looks could kill. He wouldve been dead on the spot. The county prosecutor had a daunting task ahead. The first case in georgia with no crime scene, nobody. The absence of a body does not mean that you cannot prosecute a murder case, it does of course complicate it. But it would be a Steep Mountain to climb . Absolutely. Still the prosecutor did have some key witnesses that painted a portrait of birch and possibly linked him to shannon s murder. Inmates who shared a cell with him. Butch never really confessed per se to anybody. But he made a horribly incriminating statements to 38 inmates that to me worse so believable. One of them remembered an eerie late night conversation. But she had woken up in the middle of the night and said i dont do this, a demon inside of me kill that girl. And went back to sleep. And yet jill hill snitches, as theyre called, get a lot of side eye. And what is this guy get an exchange for sitting here and telling us the story . Right right. But the state had other witnesses to bring in stories of the criminal past. Tammy singleton went to court to see how he kidnapped and assaulted her when she was 14. And to show that he no longer had any power over her. Are you seeing him . Did you make any eye contact . I made the point to look at him. I did look directly at him and forcefully say what transpired. I needed people to understand that he did have modus operandi, and i wanted to assist the melodies and getting some closure. In their situation. And while the prosecutors did not have a crime scene, they did have that bag found at the phone booth. It would tell a tale of its own. What did you learn about it . Its a little cloth bag. After a number of weeks of trying to determine where the bed came from, we finally found that there was a Little Company in Richmond Virginia that had been around for 100 years. That produced this bag. The company supplied those bags through a middleman to only one client in georgia. Delta airlines. Delta airlines is where he hit his mark. And when we conducted a search at his workplace, on his desk where a number of these bags. And the prosecutor brought in a Forensic Expert who said that the bag from the phone booth, Contained Mick Tylik Particles that wouldve been found at his workplace. As i started listening to the scientist, i started feeling really positive about it. He said this bag could only have been sold to this customer. Phenomenal it was unreal hintons defense was straightforward. His attorney argued that the states evidence was scant, and circled central. And that he could have not have killed somebody whose body that was never found. In his defense, its not me, you got the wrong guy . Absolutely. And he never took the stand, he never claimed his innocence on the stand. After nearly a month of testimony, hintons face has to the jury. Shannons sister waited alongside her parents. Its always a moment of high anxiety. What are they gonna do this . All they could do was pray. Pray that they saw what we saw. See him for the monster that he was. The jury deliberated for three days. Then the moment that they had been waiting for finally came. We the jury find the defendant guilty. Ill never forget when they announced the verdict. Just the sheer joy, and pain that you just saw on the faces of shannons family. It was good to know that this monster would be a way. The sheriff cups him. And when i hear the click. Well on the cuffs. I took a deep breath and said this is over. But the family found out it actually was not over. He was sentenced to life in prison. And the melendez assume that he would remain behind bars forever. They were crushed when they learned that because he committed the murder in 1994, he would be eligible for parole in seven years. We are the ones who have a life imprisonment without parole. He has a hope, just a hope, that he might get out. They remained determined to do all that they can to fight every time his parole comes up. He will be eligible again in 2025. When he will be 64. Im carrying this to the very end. Until this guy is no longer in existence. I will carry this fight. The fight was not only because of shannon, but because the family, and investigators believe that he had other victims. Remember those police searches behind hintons home . They did not find anything from shannon. But. It was very, very macabre. They found many items in different locations of womens clothing, all sorts of sweaters, and tops, and blouses. This is chilling to hear you say this. Oh yeah. Hinted did finally confessed to Killing Shannon after the conviction. Which answered some key questions for investigators. But the body has never been found. Recovering the remains, how important is it to you at this stage . Well, ill answer that question. Why do we bring the remains of our veterans wherever they are . Bring them back . Its important to the families. So i say, she is my hero. She is our daughter. We deserve to have her remains. He could draw map . Yes. He could lead people to wherever the site is. Yes. But he refuses to. And i think it is because there are other bodies there. If it wasnt for the events after the Softball Game back in 1994, shannon would be sharing her life with loved ones. Like onetime best friend and. We would have been at each others weddings. Im sure we would have been at each others bridal showers. Baby showers. There is only so many friends in life that you stay in close touch with over a lifetime. Shannon would have been one of those. And monique has a keepsake that ensures that shannon is with her every day. On her finger. This was the infamous ring that he had taken from her. Saying this is evidence i have her . I guess you in the ring whenever separated for very long. No. It makes me feel very close to her. And thats all for this edition of dateline. Im craig melvin thank you for watching a lot of news to get to tonight, including the noes to americans, judith, and her 18 year old Daughter Natalie were released by hamas hours ago members of the family spoke to the media in the last hour