OK OK - Melody, 19, & Paul Jones (fnd dec'd), 20, Earlsboro, 4 May 1983

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According to this article, Melody's remains have been identified. Peace to you Melody.

OSBI identify victim of 1983 Pottawatomie County cold case
by: Mario Gonzalez/KFOR
Posted: Aug 7, 2024 / 09:03 PM CDT
Updated: Aug 7, 2024 / 09:03 PM CDT

EARLSBORO, Okla. (KFOR) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) has identified the human remains of a 1983 cold case victim, 19-year-old Melody Ann Jones.

According to OSBI, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from OSBI to investigate the suspicious disappearance of Melody Ann Jones, who mysteriously disappeared on May 5, 1983.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Oklahoma investigators comb through 10-acres of land, hoping for answers in 1983 cold case

Officials say on the morning of May 5, Jones did not show up for work and a family member visited her residence in Earlsboro to check on her.


However, upon visiting Jones’ house, 20-year-old Paul Richard Jones, husband of Melody, was found deceased inside of the home and was determined to have suffered injuries related to homicide. Melody was reported missing after she was not found at the home.

After searching the area on foot, horseback, and helicopter, Oklahoma investigators could not find any clues or locate Jones.

OSBI say in October of 1998, skeletal remains were found in rural Seminole County and were taken to the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiners Office to determine the cause of death and positive identification.

On Wednesday, the Medical Examiner’s Office positively identified the remains as Melody Jones.

OSBI says the investigation is still ongoing and if anyone has additional information on this cold case, you are asked to contact OSBI at tips@osbi.ok.gov or 1-800-522-8017.

I believe this to be the Unidentified Case in Namus.
 
According to this article, Melody's remains have been identified. Peace to you Melody.

OSBI identify victim of 1983 Pottawatomie County cold case
by: Mario Gonzalez/KFOR
Posted: Aug 7, 2024 / 09:03 PM CDT
Updated: Aug 7, 2024 / 09:03 PM CDT

EARLSBORO, Okla. (KFOR) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) has identified the human remains of a 1983 cold case victim, 19-year-old Melody Ann Jones.

According to OSBI, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from OSBI to investigate the suspicious disappearance of Melody Ann Jones, who mysteriously disappeared on May 5, 1983.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Oklahoma investigators comb through 10-acres of land, hoping for answers in 1983 cold case

Officials say on the morning of May 5, Jones did not show up for work and a family member visited her residence in Earlsboro to check on her.


However, upon visiting Jones’ house, 20-year-old Paul Richard Jones, husband of Melody, was found deceased inside of the home and was determined to have suffered injuries related to homicide. Melody was reported missing after she was not found at the home.

After searching the area on foot, horseback, and helicopter, Oklahoma investigators could not find any clues or locate Jones.

OSBI say in October of 1998, skeletal remains were found in rural Seminole County and were taken to the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiners Office to determine the cause of death and positive identification.

On Wednesday, the Medical Examiner’s Office positively identified the remains as Melody Jones.

OSBI says the investigation is still ongoing and if anyone has additional information on this cold case, you are asked to contact OSBI at tips@osbi.ok.gov or 1-800-522-8017.

I believe this to be the Unidentified Case in Namus.
Rest in peace Melody. The NamUs of her remains was new, having only been uploaded in April of this year. Really sad resolution to her disappearance. Now to find Melody's and her husband's killer(s).

The thread for her remains: OK - OK - Seminole, MultFem 14-19, UP119314, cranium found in creek, Oct'98
 
Just in case you do not read Spanish -

Aug. 8, 2024

EARLSBORO, OKLA (KOKH) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has positively identified human remains found in October 1998 from a cold case from May 1983.

On May 5, 1983, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office requested the help of OSBI with the disappearance of Melody Ann Jones, age 19.
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In October 1998, skeletal remains were discovered in Seminole County and transported to the Office of the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner.

On Aug. 7, 2024, these remains were positively identified as Melody Jones.
 
Very bittersweet news to learn Melody's fate. It's not everyday an identification like this happens. Now that we've found Melody, it's time to find out who did this to her and her husband.

Rest in peace, Melody and Paul.
 
A 12 minute drive... this breaks my heart. So close for so many years... And then so many years until the identification. Longer than she was alive... Peace to you Melody.

I wish this brings the LE closer to finding who did this.
Ikr it's so sad Melody's remains were undiscovered for 15 years, then to just get stashed away in the Medical Examiner's Office for another 26 years. It wasn't until this year that a NamUs for her remains was even created.
 

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