Roy Allan Melanson: A Detailed Account of His Crimes
Early Life and Criminal Background
Roy Allan Melanson was born on February 13, 1937, in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. He was a drifter and con artist who spent a significant portion of his life in various prisons. Some of his earliest offenses included burglaries and rapes in Orange and Jefferson County, Texas, for which he was given 12 years imprisonment but served only half of it. He allegedly killed an inmate while imprisoned in Texas. In 1975, he was extradited for a rape trial, which landed him a life sentence. However, it was reduced, and he was released in March 1988, a few months before the murder of one suspected victim.
Murders
Roy Melanson was conclusively linked to three murders and numerous rapes in three states, and remains the prime suspect in at least two other murders.
Anita Andrews
- **Victim:** Anita Andrews
- **Date:** July 10, 1974
- **Location:** Napa, California
- **Details:** Anita Andrews, a one-time county fair beauty queen, was a single mother working two jobs. She was last seen alive tending to the bar at Fagiani's Cocktail Lounge. The following morning, her sister found her body in a pool of blood. Anita had been raped, her clothes ripped through, stabbed 13 times with a screwdriver, and her throat slashed. Her Cadillac Eldorado was also missing.
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