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Case Description
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In the autumn of 1982, the life of 22-year-old Melinda 'Mindy' LaPree was tragically cut short in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Having moved to the coastal city from Florida with her boyfriend, the two were known in the area as shrimpers. LaPree was last seen getting into a car in the Carver Village area with a man later identified as Samuel Little. Three weeks after she was reported missing, her body was discovered in a cemetery in what is now Gautier, a neighboring city. An autopsy would later reve ...Read More
Victim Details

Melinda Lapree

Female

White / Caucasian

Pascagoula

MS

1982-09-15

22

Melinda

Lapree

12/09/2025