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Melissa wraps up Season 3 of the podcast with the tale of an horrific \u201cfamily annihilator\u201d mass murder from 2002 and the mysterious 18 year delay it took to bring a suspect to justice...mysterious because, right from the very beginning, all signs pointed \u2013 with big bright shiny, glowing arrows \u2013 to Jason Michael Walker, who was finally arrested on December 2, 2020 after nearly two decades following the murders in question.\xa0\xa0And those murders were as grotesque and incomprehensible as they come.\xa0\xa0On March 22, 2002, at approximately 3 a.m. local time, authorities were called to a burning house in the tiny town of Rebecca, Georgia.\xa0 Inside the rubble of the decimated structure, firefighters discovered the bodies of the Wideman family - Tommy John Wideman, Tommy\u2019s wife Deborah, the couple\u2019s 20 year-old daughter Melissa \u2013 and the 8-1/2 month-old fetus Melissa had been carrying \u2013 which had been cut out of Melissa\u2019s womb and placed by the family\u2019s dead bodies.\xa0 Tommy Joe, Deborah and Melissa were all determined to have been killed prior to the ignition of the fire.\xa0\xa0For the next 18 years the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), together with local authorities, worked to no avail to solve the grizzly multiple homicide.\xa0 Then suddenly, in late 2020 a grand jury was convened to present evidence against Jason Walker, including recent eyewitness testimony from someone who saw someone fleeing from the burning house \u2013 and the fact that Walker, who had been known to date young Melissa Wideman, had been confirmed through DNA testing to be the father of the fetus found at the scene.\xa0 The grand jury \u2013 at long last \u2013 handed down indictments on December 1, and Walker was arrested shortly thereafter.\xa0\xa0How does a case like this go so long without being solved?\xa0 That is the troubling question asked by Melissa in this compelling episode.\xa0\xa0THANK YOU TIP-STERS for supporting Just The Tip-Sters!\xa0 It\u2019s amazing to realize we\u2019ve now completed three full seasons \u2013 and we owe YOU everything!\xa0\xa0Melissa\u2019s taking a brief one-week break between seasons \u2013 and the podcast will return on Tuesday January 12, 2021 with a brand new season of more fascinating cases, enlightening guests and YOUR TIPS (oh and of course more cowbell)!\xa0 In the meantime, Happy New Year to one and all!\xa0\xa0Remember, if you have a tip of any kind that can help solve a crime or any mystery whatsoever,\xa0 you can call Melissa on the TIP-STER HOTLINE at (832) TIP-STER (832-847-7837) or send an email to jttipsters@gmail.com

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