The 19-year-old had stopped by to get a hamburger from her mother, according to a 2021 report from local station THV11 KTHV. Witt disappeared after arriving at Bowling World in Fort Smith on December 1, 1994. But could he have been responsible for another murder? The girl's stepfather found him in the midst of the attack and tried to beat him to death, although a sheriff's deputy arrived and intervened, according to local Fox affiliate station KNWA.ĭNA evidence then connected him to the other crimes.
Vine's disturbing and vicious rape and killing spree is further explored in the Oxygen special "Snapped Notorious: The River Valley Killer." He ultimately raped and murdered two elderly women in the River Valley, Arkansas area: Juanita Wofford in 1993, and Ruth Henderson in 1995. He was caught in 2000 when he attempted to rape and kill a 16-year-old girl in her house.
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Some, however, have since theorized she was the victim of local serial killer Charles Ray Vine, also known as "The River Valley Killer." Over a month after she went missing, her body was found in the Ozark National Forest. Melissa Witt was abducted from a bowling alley parking lot in Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1994. It's been over 20 years and people are still looking for answers in the murder of Arkansas teenager, Melissa Witt.