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Already Gone Podcast

The murder of Justin Mello 3

Already Gone Podcast

Nina Innsted

True Crime, Mystery, Missing, History, Murder, Truecrime, Unsolved

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

October 2000. The execution-style murder of 16-year-old Justin Mello.


this is part 3 of a 4 part series.
Written by Jessica Ann
Researched by Nina Innsted and Jessica Ann
Audio Production by Bill Bert

#Michigan #Murder #MacombCounty #robbery

Find Part one - HERE

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is episode 3 in a multi-part series. We are releasing new episodes of this case each week.

0:06.0

In February, we will return to our usual release schedule of the 1st and the 15th.

0:11.0

Jennifer Vanish sometime in the overnight hours.

0:16.0

Right now there is no trace.

0:17.6

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

0:21.2

Stick my nose back on the trail.

0:23.0

That's all I can do.

0:25.0

This is already gone. In October of 2000, Justin Mello went to work at his part-time job at

0:40.9

Mancino's Pizza and Grinders, a popular pizza place in his hometown of

0:45.2

New Baltimore, Michigan.

0:47.9

While his coworker was out on a delivery, 16-year-old Justin, who was alone in the store, was led into the restaurant cooler where he was shot execution style.

0:57.0

This senseless crime shook the city and a six-department task force worked to investigate the crime and bring his killer or killers to justice.

1:06.0

When we last spoke, newspapers were reporting that two Anchor Bay natives had been arrested in Kentucky after a multi-state

1:14.9

crime spree that left at least one person dead.

1:18.4

We left the story in late November of 2000, with Frank and Jonathan awaiting their next court date.

1:24.9

In order to tell this next part of the story, we have to go back in time to August of 2000,

1:31.1

before Justin was murdered and before the town of New Baltimore was rocked by his sudden and senseless death.

1:37.0

Come with me as we turn back the clock and meet these new suspects before anyone knew what they were capable of. 20-year-old Dennis Bryan and 19-year-old David Bowman were from Fairhaven and

1:59.9

Chesterfield Township respectively and they had both worked at Mancinos in New Baltimore

2:04.9

in 1999, before leaving to work at another similar pizza store,

2:09.8

Woody's, in nearby Marine City.

2:12.7

As far as I can tell from the reporting, there were no issues with either young man during their

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