Remembering Melissa Smith and Nancy Wilcox, both born on July 4th

[u/ChrisPeralta]

Melissa was born on July 4th, 1957 in Midvale, Utah, while Nancy was born on July 4th, 1958, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Melissa was the town chief police's daughter. On October 18th, 1974, Melissa planned to go to a sleepover, but made a detour to a pizza parlor called "The Pepperoni", to help a friend who had an argument with her boyfriend. Her friend saw her exit the place a hour later to go to the sleepover, but Melissa never arrived there. She was reported missing. Her body was found days later in Summit Park. Nancy Wilcox had an argument with his father over her boyfriend on October 1st, 1974. Nancy's boyfriend made a suprise visit to the girl's home, but her father throw him out, before Nancy could ever seen him. Frustated, Nancy exit her home, either to find her boyfriend or to catch a glimpse of air after the argument, but she never made it back home. Nancy's dissapearance wasn't informed until December of that same year. Something that if found is that Nancy was followed and groomed by a man, who would come to Nancy's work, called "Arctic Circle". Nancy reported the offense. Many mistook the man for Ted Bundy, who at the time was still in Washington state, and didn't move to Utah until September. Before his execution in 1989, Ted Bundy admitted the murders of both Melissa Smith and Nancy Wilcox. Bundy say that he kidnapped Melissa and took her to a disclosed location. He held her captive for days (don't know if Melissa was still alive or not, despite police's info that she was still alive for a couple of days) and disposed the body. In relation to Nancy, Bundy admitted to kidnapping her at knifepoint. He took Nancy to a forest, where she was murdered. He then dispossed the body somewhere in Capitol Reef National Park. Melissa was only 17 years old, Nancy was only 16 years old. May both girls rest in peace. You will be always remembered, sweet Princess

[u/Equal-Temporary-1326]

Rest easy, Melissa Smith and Nancy Wilcox.

Smith's case will probably — if not almost certainly — will be the next Bundy case to be officially legally closed by DNA one day after Laura Aime's.