I'm aware of one final possible sighting of Melissa, also at West Wallsend, this time at the Clyde Inn Hotel. A man claims to have been drinking at the hotel with mates and Melissa was with them. At some point she is ready to leave and they offer to take her home. Except they report … Continue reading April 21, 1994 – 4 days before Melissa’s body was discovered
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April 20, 1994 – 5 days before Melissa’s body was discovered
As we continue tracing the possible movements of Melissa Hunt (Hallett) in the week before she was found murdered, the focus moves further west to West Wallsend, about 10 km from her last known location at Wallsend, about 15 kms west of Waratah and 17 km north west of Whitebridge. West Wallsend is just a … Continue reading April 20, 1994 – 5 days before Melissa’s body was discovered
April 19, 1994
Presuming Melissa did leave Matthew Henderson's Lambton Rd flat and walk out into the night on Monday, April 18, at 1am, where did she go? She doesn't return to her friend's home in Charlestown for which she had a key. And she doesn't go to her other friend in Jesmond. It seems, if she is … Continue reading April 19, 1994
April 18, 1994
This post follows on from April 17, 1994, in describing the last movements of Melissa Hunt (Hallett) before her battered body was found in Burrenjim Dam on April 25, 1994. After spending the evening of Sunday, April 17 with Matthew Henderson, he says that Melissa leaves after a fight. It is 1am on Monday, April 18 and … Continue reading April 18, 1994
April 17, 1994
This post follows on from April-15-16, 1994 in describing the last movements of Melissa Hunt (Hallett) before her battered body was found in Burrenjim Dam on April 25, 1994. Melissa wakes up at Matthew Henderson's on the morning of Sunday, April 17, they have sex again according to Henderson, but following the pattern of recent … Continue reading April 17, 1994
April 15-16, 1994
About this time 28 years ago ... It's 10 days until the body of Melissa Hunt (Hallett) will be found face down near the wall of Burrenjim Dam at 10.30am on Anzac Day 1994. How did she get there? About midnight on Friday, April 15, an argument develops between Melissa and new husband Scott Hunt … Continue reading April 15-16, 1994
Happy birthday
Happy birthhday Melissa, 49 today but always 22.
When murder infiltrates your life
It was a quiet Sunday afternoon and I was searching for a screwdriver in my ancient toolbox to complete a minor household repair. An aged newspaper clipping that had found its way into the toolbox at some stage, kept getting in the way and I finally focused on it, deciding to straighten it out so … Continue reading When murder infiltrates your life
Tragic affinity with Hunter murder toll
Today Melissa's photo and story again featured on the pages of The Newcastle Herald, linked by a tragic affinity to an ongoing toll of violent murders of women. This is because I agreed hurriedly to make a few comments on the issue of the long list of murders in the Hunter region. Our family has … Continue reading Tragic affinity with Hunter murder toll
Another young woman murdered near Newcastle
She had a happy upbringing but at some point, life took a turn in the wrong direction. Drugs are likely to be involved but this is not the sum of her life - she was much, much more than this. Beautiful Danielle Easey in happier days. Aged in her 20s, her discarded body is found … Continue reading Another young woman murdered near Newcastle
The unsolved murder of Melissa Hunt 