Jennifer vanished sometime in the overnight hours.

Right now there is no trace.

Investigators say evidence leaves them to believe that she's dead.

Stick my nose back on the trail.

That's all I can do. This is already gone.

Already gone. This week's story takes us back 38 years to a late July weekend in 1985.

That summer, the temperature rarely dipped below 80 degrees in Medina County, Ohio.

Hundreds of people traveled north to Cleveland's Edgewater Park hoping to soak up the sun while cooling off in Lake Erie.

And when Hinkley Police Chief Melvin Wiley spoke of his plans to do the same,

nobody questioned it.

However, when Mel didn't show up for work and his station wagon was discovered

abandoned on the lake shoreline, concerns began to spread rapidly throughout the small

community.

Come with me to Hinkley, Ohio,

where a statewide investigation would uncover

a trail of bizarre clues, leaving many

to doubt what they ever really knew about the town's much-loved chief. Melden Lee Wiley was known by many as a quiet and unassuming man. He kept to himself and rarely divulged

personal details about his life with others. Most who encountered him on a day-to-day basis

felt they never really got to know who the true Mel was

beyond his professionalism and dedication to law enforcement.

To those closest, however, Mel was remembered for so much more than his career.

His passion in life was always with the arts.

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