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Two Phones That Had Been WIPED... #truecrimeinvestigation #truecrimeshorts #crimejunkies #podcast

May 01, 2026 / 01:57

This episode discusses the forensic analysis of Melissa's phones, including the timing of their resets and the implications of her actions leading up to her disappearance. Key topics include the timeline of events, the significance of the phone resets, and the video evidence of Melissa bringing lunch to her daughter, Sierra.

Mark and the team analyze the details surrounding Melissa's actions on the day she went missing. They highlight how the older phone was reset at 8:02 a.m. and the newer phone at 1:38 p.m., suggesting a possible plan on Melissa's part.

The conversation includes the timeline of Melissa's day, including her interactions with Sierra and the last text message sent to her. The hosts discuss the implications of the phone resets and how they align with the video footage of Melissa.

Mark emphasizes the importance of the forensic evidence, questioning why Melissa would reset her phones and what it could mean for her disappearance. The analysis raises questions about whether someone else was involved or if Melissa acted alone.

The episode concludes with a reflection on the mystery surrounding Melissa's actions and the potential motivations behind her decisions on that day.

TLDR

Forensic analysis of Melissa's phone resets raises questions about her disappearance.

Episode

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Mark, TBD exactly what she said to him in the car on the drive there, but like he seemed to think that she was going to
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be at work. She told Sierra that she'd come home because she forgot her badge, which she had with her, we know. But she
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told her job something was up with her daughter. And then what they pull from her phones, this is the detail [music]
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more than anything else that makes me think Melissa had some kind of plan. Cuz forensic downloads show that both of her
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phones they weren't wiped clean at the same time. The older phone that she had, the one that she had already replaced,
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that was factory reset at 8:02 a.m. And then her newer phone was wiped at 1:38 p.m. I obsessed over this because
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my gut tells me that if someone else wiped the phones, I would think that they would have wiped them both at the
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same time, right? I mean, unless they didn't know that she had two phones. Like wiped one thinking it was
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the phone, realized their mistake and had to come back and wipe the second one. >> we know that Melissa must have reset
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that first phone at home, right? Because remember she's there when Sierra woke up
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at around 7:45, right? So the one that she doesn't use, like in my mind, the one she doesn't use or she's not going
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to need that day gets reset in the morning. >> get it over with. Then she has her phone
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through the day as she's like bringing Sierra lunch, right? You you can't even say someone else has her phone is like
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sending these messages. We have her on video bringing Sierra lunch at 1:00. Then Melissa sent her daughter that last
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text message at 1:33. And I mapped everything. Like all of that lines up to where if Melissa is at
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home when that reset happens at 1:38, then she could have very realistically left then and then been at the spot she
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is seen at on Highway 518 on camera at 2:18. That's all the things that make me believe like it had to be her who reset
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them. But why did she reset them?

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Episode Highlights

  • The Phone Mystery
    Forensic downloads reveal Melissa's phones were wiped at different times, raising questions about her plan.
    “If someone else wiped the phones, they would have wiped them both at the same time, right?”
    @ 00m 49s
    May 01, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • Why did she reset them?
    Two Phones That Had Been WIPED... #truecrimeinvestigation #truecrimeshorts #crimejunkies #podcast

Key Moments

  • Phone Reset00:34
  • Video Evidence01:23
  • Final Text01:27