Melanie Hack shares healing thoughts


A few days ago someone wrote to me and said her local newspaper was featuring cold cases…and Cindy’s name came up along with a reference to me and my website. Thank you for that!

Did you know Cindy’s case has been touted as one of the most controversial cases Unsolved Mysteries ever did? —Not necessarily one that you don’t believe…but one that has the most amount of people on both sides of the fence of murder versus suicide.

Inquiring minds think it’s just too tough to tell whether Cindy was murdered or whether she committed an elaborate suicide. –At least that’s the consensus when only the previous evidence made available to the public is digested.

And Cindy’s case has also been touted as one of the most unsolvable cases with people asking, “Are we any closer to an answer now, than almost 20 years ago?”

(As you can imagine, I can hardly wait for my book to be made public so I may receive feedback on what people think after reading it!)

And it’s one case that many people have said they would love to see solved.

And it’s bizarre—with people writing, “I have a hard time believing she tied herself up the way she was tied.” “No way that was suicide.”

And people see it as impossible for her to inject herself with that amount of drugs and be tied up the way she was (true!).

I’ve received so many comments, including the following:

The last several years of this woman’s life were nothing but a horrid nightmare. Definitely scary movie material.”

And, “I’d say that either the cops are lying to cover something up or they’re just brainless enough to think it was a suicide (despite evidence to the contrary).”

To those who have passed on their condolences to my family and I, and to those who have shared remembrances of Cindy with us, and to those who have come forward with new information and leads, and to all of you who have expressed interest in her case…I’d like to extend appreciation!

Melanie Hack
Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend
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October 22nd, 2008 at 5:54 am
One Response to “This Case May Be Cold, But It’s Also HOT”
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    Adam Says:

    Hi, Melanie:

    It certainly doesn’t surprise me that Cindy’s case is one of the most controversial in Unsolved Mysteries history. The entire situation is as fascinating as it is bizarre and people tend to have many differing opinions on such cases (and are usually not shy about voicing them!).

    I myself would also love to see the case of Cindy’s death solved and am very much looking forward to the release of your book.

    Another positive is that Cindy’s case will likely be receiving more airtime, as Spike TV has recently begun showing old segments of Unsolved Mysteries under a new format (Monday to Friday from 5:00 PM – 7 :00 PM).

    Best,
    Adam