Can you describe how your sister’s personality changed over the years before her death? ~Ken MacQueen, Maclean’s magazine (question to Melanie Hack) She never knew when something horrible would happen so she was mostly tense and fearful and nervous…constantly looking over her shoulder and trying not to be alone. She’d have flashbacks and nightmares that […]

What was and is the impact on you and the family on the mystery surrounding her death, and the publicity surrounding the tragedy? ~Ken MacQueen, Maclean’s magazine (question to Melanie Hack) For privacy reasons, I can only speak about myself. And for me it never goes away. It’s something I live with. I am also […]

People who knew her always felt she was holding information back. If it was true, why do you think she did that? ~Ken MacQueen, Maclean’s magazine (question to Melanie Hack) Cindy was scared.  She was being attacked and harassed and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it.  During one attack, they mentioned going […]

Did you know during those years before her death the true extent of the torture she was going through? ~Ken MacQueen, Maclean’s magazine (question to Melanie Hack) No. I had not known just how much pain she was enduring at the time it was happening. Over the years I was only given enough sketchy details […]

Last August Ken MacQueen interviewed me for an article that was published in Maclean’s magazine—Canada’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries…a special edition that came out before the end of 2013. The magazine contained an article about my sister’s unsolved case, Cindy James, and I’m very grateful for the exposure. You see, some of my siblings and I […]

Today the murder case of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey is considered “open,” but it’s a cold case, meaning there’s no active investigation. Gee that sounds familiar! – Like Cindy’s case? Oh wait. Cindy’s case was surreptitiously closed…but was supposed to remain open according to the findings of the 1990 inquest! Previously sealed court documents were released […]

Written by Andy Rooney, a man having the gift of saying so much with so few words. He died Friday November 4, 2011, according to CBS, only a month after delivering his 1,097th and final televised commentary. He was 92 years old. I’ve learned…That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of […]

The following story caught my eye because the woman was intensely fearful of the water…just like my sister, Cindy—who also died mysteriously. Natalie Wood (the actress) died in 1981, by ‘accidental’ drowning, while boating off Catalina Island near the California coast. She was found wearing a long nightgown, socks and a jacket. I always thought […]

I haven’t been following much of Conrad Murray’s trial, but I did see the verdict today (he is guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the June 25, 2009 death of Michael Jackson) and I read some of the news reports tonight. Maybe you’ve been following the trial more closely than I, so perhaps you already knew […]

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~ Winston Churchill Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James