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1814: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 14

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

I’ve been investigating the Melissa Witt case for a while now, and just when I thought I had a handle on it, a new lead dropped into my lap. In this episode, I sit down with Patti Rush, a victim advocate who might have uncovered the most crucial evidence yet. We’re talking about a case so warped by misinformation that even those closest to it can’t tell what’s real anymore. But now, we’re pulling on a thread that could unravel the whole story—and maybe, just maybe, lead us to the truth about who really killed Melissa Witt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Creative Apple. Warning. This episode is as true crime as this podcast gets, so listener discretion is advised.

0:28.0

During my investigation into the allegations surrounding Ladona Humphrey's intimidation and harassment campaign,

0:30.0

I stumbled upon a tip concerning the Melissa Witt case, but I put it aside because it didn't really tie directly into the central theme of the series.

0:40.0

I had gone to someone's door and they had confessed that they were with the person that killed Melissa the night that she died.

0:49.0

That is Patty Rush, president of Revamp, a Victims Advocacy Group based out of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

0:55.0

And yeah, you're right.

0:57.2

Patty Rush interviewed a man who may have spoken to Melissa Witt's killer the night

1:02.2

Melissa Witt disappeared.

1:04.0

Yet you've never seen or read about this witness in the news, and Lydana Humphrey has never brought

1:09.8

his name up during any of her podcast, books, or documentary.

1:14.6

So how did Patty Rush stumble upon this tip?

1:17.9

Well, one afternoon, she showed up to Thomas Seymour's house, looking for information about something else.

1:24.0

It had nothing to do with a Melissa Witt case.

1:27.2

I did not go there for that reason.

1:28.9

I went there for a different reason and he just said,

1:31.3

hey, you're here about Missy Witt, aren't you?

1:33.3

And I of course said yes.

1:35.0

Patty was not expecting Thomas Seymour

1:37.7

to bring up Melissa Witt, but she went along with it anyway.

1:41.2

After that first interaction, she asked Seymour if he could stop by the

1:45.1

revamp office and record a statement. And so he came to the office and he signed

1:51.2

a notarized statement and he stuck to a story. We videotaped it.

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