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On the morning of December 1, 1994, Melissa Witt (her friends and family called her \u201cMissy\u201d) had a small tiff with her mom over money.\xa0 The 19 year-old college student, who was studying to become a dental hygienist at a local college, was out of cash, and she wouldn\u2019t get paid at her part-time job until the next day.\xa0 When she asked her mom for a loan, mom \u2013 in a lesson to her daughter about money management \u2013 told her no.\xa0 And young Missy was not happy.\xa0 She left to start her day in a huff.\xa0\xa0When Missy got home later in the day, she found a conciliatory note from her mom \u2013 with an invitation to meet at a local bowling alley later in the evening \u2013 where mom would buy dinner.\xa0\xa0And Melissa Witt drove to the bowling alley.\xa0 But she never made it out of the parking lot.\xa0\xa0From there the details get skimpy.\xa0 All we know for certain is that Melissa Witt\u2019s keys were found in the parking lot, as were two pools of blood in two parking spaces, with a blood trail leading from one parking space to the other.\xa0 And that her decomposing body was found a month later, 60 miles away from the bowling alley \u2013 strangled to death by a murderer who has, as of now, some 27 years later, never been identified.\xa0\xa0That\u2019s where this episode\u2019s guest comes in \u2013 and a very special person she is.\xa0\xa0LaDonna Humphrey is a dedicated wife and mother of seven children (five of whom are adopted).\xa0 She is Executive Director of Oasis of Northwest Arkansas, a nonprofit organization that provides housing and a safe space for women in recovery and their kids.\xa0 And those two things right there would be more than enough to handle for anyone.\xa0 But not for LaDonna.\xa0\xa0Back in 2015, while searching for a case to be the focus of a documentary on missing women, LaDonna came across Melissa Witt\u2019s story \u2013 and solving the mystery of the young woman\u2019s murder became more than an interest \u2013 it became a mission.\xa0\xa0The documentary \u2013 \u201cUneven Ground: The Melissa Witt Story\u201d (which LaDonna is Executive Producing) \u2013 is nearing completion and will be making the rounds on the film festival circuit this coming year.\xa0\xa0LaDonna has created a website and a Facebook page dedicated to the Witt investigation.\xa0 And she has written a book about the case, \u201cThe Girl I Never Knew,\u201d which will publish in the spring of 2022.\xa0\xa0Join host Melissa Morgan for an intensive, and intense, interview with LaDonna Humphrey \u2013 we guarantee that you will be moved and inspired.