Melissa Tremblay: The Trials of Marvin McClendon

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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1988 - Lawrence, Massachusetts. Part 2 of 2. In April 2022, 74-year-old Marvin "Skip" McClendon Jr., a former Massachusetts corrections officer, was arrested for the 1988 cold case murder of 11-year-old Melissa Tremblay. Melissa was found brutally murdered on the railroad tracks in Lawrence, MA. In December 2023, the trial began. Prosecutors disclosed that DNA evidence had led to Marvin's arrest, but what seemed like an open-and-shut case quickly unraveled into something far more complex. A lot has happened since the original Murder, She Told episode, but to get to the end, we have to start back at the beginning: This is part 2 of a full story update on Melissa Tremblay featuring new interviews, exclusive court documents, and records. This is part 2 of the story of Melissa Tremblay. If you have any information at all on the murder of Melissa Tremblay, please contact the Lawrence Police Dept at 978-794-5900. See sources and photos: https://www.murdershetold.com/episodes/melissa-tremblay-2 Support Murder, She Told: https://www.murdershetold.com/support Learn more: murdershetold.com ----- Instagram: @murdershetoldpodcast Facebook: /mstpodcast TikTok: @murdershetold Episode Sponsors: ZBiotics Probiotics: Get 15% off your first order with code MST at https://zbiotics.com/MST. BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/shetold One Skin: Get 15% off your order at https://www.oneskin.co with the code SHETOLD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.3	Thank you. I'm Kristen Cevi. This is Murder, She told.
0:47.3	This is part two of Melissa Tremblay's story. If you haven't listened to Part 1, I suggest going back and starting with that one first.
1:00.3	On May 13, 2022, 74-year-old Marvin McClendon Jr. faced a judge in Lawrence District Court,
1:08.0	who read the charges against him. First degree, murder. His expression was
1:14.1	blank and unchanging. He entered a plea of not guilty and was held without bail pending trial.
1:20.9	It was during this hearing that prosecutors first revealed to the public that DNA had played a
1:26.1	major role in his arrest. A month later, a grand jury
1:30.7	returned an indictment against him, and he was arraigned again in Essex County Superior Court
1:35.4	in Salem, Massachusetts on July 7th. Melissa's cousin, Danielle Root, attended the proceeding and
1:41.7	spoke to the press after. She finally had the opportunity to direct
1:45.9	the public focus in the right place. In part, she said, many people blame my aunt for Missy's
1:52.5	death. While I don't believe she made the right decision that night, that's between her and God.
1:58.2	Ultimately, the only person responsible for Missy's death is the man that we saw
2:02.4	in court today, Marvin McClendon. Marvin's defense attorney asked the court to release Marvin on a
2:09.6	$50,000 bail. The prosecution opposed. At the bail hearing, Marvin, who had just turned 75, appeared by video. He was dressed in a
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