# MURDERED: Melanie Howell

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Podcast: [Crime Junkie](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-junkie-743411)
Published: 2026-04-23T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/
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In 1976, a 22-year-old nursing student was murdered in her Los Angeles apartment, leaving behind just one clue: a bloody fingerprint. Decades later, that print was matched—and the case was quietly marked solved. But no one ever publicly announced who did it. So we set out to find the answer… and to uncover what else he may have done.

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