SOLVED: The Wicked Case of Shannon Melendi
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Colvin “Butch” Hinton III kidnapped, raped and murdered Shannon Melendi in March 1994, but authorities didn't know that when they personally spoke to Butch and he provided an alibi. Ten years after Shannon went missing, Butch was finally charged with her murder. But why did it take so long? This week, Savannah digs into the facts of the case, the horrible last moments of Shannon's life, and why it so long for police to bring justice to the Melendi family.
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Also, props to his wife for calling the police on him. So many end up protecting friends and family. She saved that girl’s life without even thinking about it
How in the hell does one only get 21 months for the kidnap, rape and assult of a CHILD????? This justice system is something else 🤬
Then gets 9 years for insurance fraud. Ridiculous
If you wanna skip the better help ad , 17:53 is when she goes back to the case
No way... I came for the story, but I stayed here for the sincere and informative introductions to wonderful products and services.
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Thank you
Thats beside the point, its still an interruption and highly insensitive while discussing the murder/abduction/etc. of an individual. And it's gross that Savannah liked the comment as a way of feeling justified for being inconsiderate rather than fixing the issue.
@@OGxLexxi if you listen to any other podcast they take breaks for ads. if you want the podcast to continue she needs sponsorships. she says that she’s taking a break in the podcast for ads so it’s not like she just goes from talking about a case and jumping right into the ads she says that she’s getting into them. no hate i’m just saying she needs sponsors to keep doing the show ❤️
Sad to say that Butch Hinton had dinner at my house several times. He was introduced to me by a friend who was convinced of his innocence. He was calm on the outside, but I could see he was wound very tightly on the inside. When he was arrested, tried and found guilty, I didn’t speak to my friend for years. I was beyond livid that she brought this monster into my friend group. My daughter was 15 at the time and (I found out later) she was exactly his type. Nightmares plagued me for years. Great job on the video.
Savannah, if you are curious, you can find me on fb messenger. Well done, ma’am
Wow, that's crazy!!!
That’s soooo scary
But Butch didn't do it, the demon inside him killed those girls.
@@loricampbell1557 i never met him but met the rest of the family.
Can you please do an indigenous persons case? With the recent news of the 215 bodies discovered in BC at the residential school, SO MUCH awareness needs to be made towards indigenous peoples. It’s so heartbreaking that the cases of our people are swept under the rug and never talked about.
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THIS! ☝︎︎
Yes 🙌🏼
This just makes me wonder how many of these grave sites there are. From what I remember these “schools” were in the US and in Australia. Maybe more. Maybe someone here knows I do know it’s a disgusting disgrace for us here in Canada. 😞👧🏻🧒🏽💗
Agreed, please do a video to raise awareness!!
So sorry to hear about this. I pray they get justice and people are made aware of this also ❤️
Can you work on the transition in to ads? It’s jarring :/
2 years later and she still does it 😂😂
He should not have been let out from the first assault. Obviously his plan was to kill her, and then find another victim.
Kidnap and rape: 21 months
Insurance fraud: 9 years
Sounds reasonable..
I know, right? The sentencing guide lines need to be reviewed, I think.
Kidnap and rape should be a life sentence
@@kaitlynmarie2640 Agreed. It's been proven again and again and again that rapist/sex offenders/whatever you want to call them, are the criminals with the highest rate of being repeat offenders. There have even been some cases were rapist have said in interviews that if they were released today they would rape again tomorrow. But the justice system is so screwed up it's disgusting.
@@greeneyelove2003 exactly. Like they will just do it again
So many ads girl... Every video. One is ok or an occasional video with a couple but your ads are off the chain. It makes me lose focus on the story.
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Just skip it 🤷♀️
@@savs.world. I do end up skipping through but I don't like to have to do that. I want to support the CZcamsrs I watch and don't mind sitting through an ad. But when there is three, four, FIVE long ads, that's too much. If the people that support and enjoy her content don't give her feedback she won't know how we feel. 🤷🏼♀️
sis, the ads are so long :(
I think over 6 minutes 💔😭 I've been gone forever too. Idk what to suggest, other than maybe longer videos. Bc she said its a podcast why she has so many. Othed podcast like that, make longer videos. Bc I love the content too...but damn
I completely forgot what u were talking after the ads in the middle
I hate that she started doing that. 🙄
I'm glad that this case was "SOLVED" but it was absolute craziness with what had happened to Shannon. Bless Shannon's heart!! And it took 10 yrs to charge Butch?! That is absolutely insane!!
I absolutely love how u are covering these cases I never even heard of!!! Its like these victims need their stories told too! Thank u!
Bestie i love your videos but your ads are wayyyyy to long!
How have they not identified who’s clothes were in his backyard wtf, this guys is 100% a serial killer
I literally lived right across the street from him. I was about 12 or 13 at the time and my back yard faced his front yard. he lived on the main road but my house was in a housing development. I along with a few neighbors watched as the police searched his house and again as his house burned down. I am glad he was brought to justice but it gives me the creeps to know he did that while I was right across the street in my house and to think he may have done it multiple times.
If he confessed then why can’t he just tell them where the body is also ? 🥺
some killers like to keep some details to theirselves so they still feel in control. it’s an ego boost/ mind game for them
@@rachelwarrick1992 not only that, but if something were to happen to where they were freed...they want to be able to go and relive the murder. Its disturbing.
He said he set her on fire
It's a sexual thing a lot like to take the information with them when they die.
Please give time stamps when you start the ads. They are very long and interrupts the case. It's really annoying
and thank you for covering cases not a lot of people have heard of, i appreciate these videos a lot
He was a very sick person he didn't have to cut her life like that
Honestly not trying to be a hater, I watch your videos every week... but read the room. I know you’ve addressed the ads before but have made no changes and they’re abruptly placed in the middle of a video. Not only is it disrespectful, but also confusing for viewers, boring, and an inconvenience to people who are listening while going to sleep (which we all know tons of people do). Yeah, get that money, but man I have watched hundreds of true crime videos and I have neverrrrrr come across people approach ads like this and ignore the obvious dissatisfaction from viewers and continuing on like people aren’t commenting the same thing every time... I like your videos and want to keep supporting you but it is just getting ridiculous girl... saying this as a caring friend would. I purposely avoid watching your videos at night because I know I will have to stay close to my phone to skip through 5 mins+ of ads. Really not trying to be a hater 😫 but you make it so hard.
Btw I ironically had to sit through all of the ads to type that comment and it was painful 😣
She keeps with the "I hear you" but never stops it. She said in one video that she'd tone it down and she did it for like 2 videos, then it came all back. It's upsetting.
@@thaynnarah for real. It just takes away from the video completely and doesn’t seem like it’s for the right reasons. So frustrating because I do like her content but I don’t know how much longer I can stick around for these damn ads. Besides the fact half the ads are some random ish you know she’s never tried
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@@thaynnarah if we took a shot for every ad she has in her videos we would be WASTEDDDD. I think that says enough lol
@@missbieber1211 i am a new viewer of hers... Still on the fence for mt own personal reasons. I have thought long about her ads and how long they are... I dont know what would be better... The beginning of the video or the end? Or maybe half of the length.. What do you think?And i don't know enough about her... If she donated some money from the ads then I'd be completely cool with it but i don't know if she does...
curious what he did with the body and why it’s never been found if he confessed
Thank you Savannah! You work so hard on these videos and podcasts and I really appreciate what you do :)
Shannon Melendi was a friend and classmate of mine at Emory. I remember that time period and all of the events vividly. It was a tragedy.
Savannah, I love your videos but 5 minutes ad in 30 minutes video is too much. It's annoying and when I can't skip it I just click out of the video. You said you were gonna tone it down a bit some videos ago but you haven't, it feels a little disrespectful honestly. I'm happy that so many companies wants to work with you but it's just too much.
Frs or at least they can be done in the beginning not the middle of telling the story
Had to unsub cuz you're still using better help as a sponsor. Hard to believe you've never heard of the controversy, I've seen other people comment about it and myself as well. So you must be choosing to keep them as a sponsor despite all of that and I just can't justify supporting someone that takes money from a shitty company like better help
wait what happened
Such a beautiful young woman & such a tragic case! I hate that her poor family has never had closure fully since her remains were not found. But so glad that even without her body ever found that Hinton was found guilty and sentenced to prison! I hope he never gets out!
Fun drinking game: take a shot for every ad
Alcohol Poisoning 101
@@laurav9097 🤣💀😩
how the hell did he get out after only 21 months after the first kidnapping?? so sad.
Yes and I have a sick feeling that if the wife hadn’t intervened thee little girl in the basement would have been murdered also🥺
I love watching your videos, but the sponsors in the middle of the video bothers me. Could you possibly put the sponsors in the beginning or ending of the video? Not sure if I’m the only subscriber that feels this way, but it’s just a suggestion!
Nope there’s lots of us that feel that way lol but gets ignored every time
I agree the beginning would be better
Its terrible
yeah everyone else does beginning and end idk why she doesn’t just do that
This just made my day💜 and it posted during my baby's nap time!!
Mine too 😅😂 FINALLY fell asleep.
I remember learning about this case years ago. To this day it’s the saddest one for me. So tragic. Will never get over it. Watched the whole video even tho I knew every detail😢
bro why do you need so many sponsorships? just get a real job or lessen your expenses. it's so annoying.
You’re watching this for free right?
If you don’t like ads, get a real streaming service like Netflix or lessen your expectations. it’s so annoying
As soon as she said Butch was a devout Christian, I thought "HE'S THE KILLER!"
Yes, I always know that when you hear it was a very religious family or the father was the preacher, things are going to be bad.....!
Would you consider doing the Molly Bish case? Although it’s an older case, new information was just released days ago which may help bring some closure. There are currently developments coming to light after the case going cold for many years, so now might be an interesting time to cover it. Love you Savannah! 💕
So passive aggressive to like every comment except the ones saying you're putting in way too many ads lol. I doubt ignoring criticism will help your subscriber count/views when people can go to so many other channels to see true crime content with a normal amount of ads that doesn't feel as greedy.
Fast forward.
@@xhellobia as you probably know, a lot of people put these videos on while they are going to sleep. And changing positions to grab your phone every time she starts an ad is simply a pain in the ass. Especially when she goes on for 5+ mins on ads. It’s ridiculous.
@@missbieber1211 boo hoo this is her job she can put as many ads as she needs besides she puts them all together just skip them all at once
@@Bettyangelus1210 read my comment again. You’re dense
@@missbieber1211 and you’re entitled if you want her to remove her ads bc you’re bothered this is her job no one cares that you have to roll over for 2 seconds to skip some ads
Hey Savannah! I’m new here (literally just subscribed yesterday 😊) and I want to start off by saying I LOVE your content & the cases you cover! You give a good amount of details and it’s very obvious you put a lot of work into your videos. You also have the perfect soothing voice for a podcast! It’s awesome listening to you and gaining new information at the same time!
Being new here I don’t know if it’s my place to give you some suggestions, but I just read some of the comments and I see there are quite a few people who have issues with the ads being in the middle of the videos. I have to admit it does take away from the case a little bit & it actually confused me for a minute or so. I really thought my phone was messing up or I clicked on the wrong video lol. Anyways, my reason for bringing this up is due to the fact I know the ads are how you make your money (which is awesome to me!) but even CZcams gives us the option of “skipping” ads after 5 seconds. Would it be possible for you to maybe put time stamps when the ads begin and end so the ones who are upset have the option to skip them? That way you can still have your sponsors, & your fans get to make the choice to listen or not 😊 I truly feel it would make most of your fans happy as well as adding new subscribers 💕
Once again, I absolutely love your content and the podcast! You’re doing a remarkable job & don’t let anyone tell you different 😊
Hey savannah, welcome back with another wicked case! . Such stories makes me smh because life is so precious and hearing the bad things people do without even caring about how their actions destroy others lives including their own is quite disturbing. I'm glad butch was finally caught and stopped, that guy was definitely a problem and a disturbed man indeed.
She probably makes more money from sponsors than she does from CZcams. She deserves to get that check! 🤷🏻♀️
If you’re on your phone just double tap on the right side of the video to fast forward! If you’re streaming on your tv you can still fast forward. It’s not a big deal.
Also, ads literally run the world. Tv, social media, new TikTok commercials, billboards, promo emails, influencers, etc. Learn to fast forward, take a quick stretch break, or tune them out. 🥰
@@xhellobia All of this. people need to relax. Fast forwarding is so not a big deal!!!!
I don’t mind the ads. It’s just that they’re so long
So sad that you have to say that his criminal record might shock you, meaning that there’s so many bad and horrible things happening that so many of us are not surprised to hear it anymore ☹️
i love how much work you put into your videos! always so well done
can we take a moment to notice that him burning his house down got him twice the sentence that kidnapping and sxually assaulting a CHILD did???? really shows us what's wrong with the justice system.
Yesss!
Seriously how many sponsors was that? 😑🙄
Lil over 6 minutes worth
Omg I remember hearing about this case on forensic files 😢 so heartbreaking 💔
Why the heck didn’t the police look into the background of someone they already suspected!
Savannah you are right, that evil man should stay in jail forever. ☺☺👍
i hate the assumption that people who go missing just “ran away”. i feel like that’s rarely the case and it messes up so many missing persons cases, especially when the family says that’s not something the person would do and the police still don’t care. it just feels lazy.
The issue with ads that they are too long and they are not placed properly if you are going to do I would tune into True Crime Garage they announce it will be ads and they keep it short and sweet. I forgot what the case was about after so long.
I am from Miami, Florida and a graduate from Southwest High School. After Shannon's murder the street that leads to the high school was renamed Shannon Melendi. This is definitely a sad story 💔 with an unfortunate too often ending......
What year did you graduate? I graduated in '98. The street dedication was in '95. Just curious if we were there at the same time.
You are on fire!!! I absolutely love all your content and appreciate everything you do for the true crime community!! You're appreciated for bringing so much attention to these cases ❤❤❤
Such a sad case. And although he’s behind bars for what he did, justice wasn’t really served. Not when he gets a parole hearing every 7 years. He’s admitted to murdering her so why hasn’t he said where the body is? Urgh a frustrating case! Her poor family. I
Hope they one day get the full answers and the location of her body. Shannon deserves a proper send of.
And hello 👋 I’m a newbie here on your channel!
He should stay locked up for life!!!
4yrs for kidnap and assault?
Sounds about right 🙄
14yrs for possession of a plant?
Yep! Totally makes sense too.....
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I’m really enjoying this killer instinct series ❤️ great content 👍🏻
Love the new video!! Made my day ❤️ love you Savannah!
You 🪨
Love watching your videos, lots of them are cases I’ve never heard of & I work a desk job... all I do is look up cases lol.
The fact that you have to keep fighting every seven years to keep someone in prison is insane. Shannon is dead forever, so he should at least be in prison forever and not even be given a chance for parole. some people have no remorse
Wow, this case is a mess. Shannon was a beautiful young woman. RIP 🥺
😢So sad, He tears a family apart for No Reason because, of his sick actions and thoughts 💭... He's better off we're he's at...
Hey sav! Just here with my every video comment lol, please pleaseeeee look into the Dylan Ehler case from Nova Scotia!! He’s 3, missing since April 2020 with no idea what happened, his boots have been found but nothing else, his parents still search almost daily with no help from local police and absolutely no media coverage
Here’s the link to the Facebook page run by his parents facebook.com/groups/2638922482987115/?ref=share
6:14 There was nothing that could have suggested foul play EXCEPT for the fact that the roommate is telling them that seeing the car left like that is _completely_ out of Shannon’s character and despite the fact that she left the softball field for home but never made it there. So… what? She went to the convenient store to get a soda and suddenly decided to literally walk away from her life? Signs of a struggle and blood are certainly the two clearest indicators that foul play has occurred but there are many other subtle signs & clues that allude to it as well. That they let the roommate take the car despite her strong misgivings about the situation is incompetent at best, overtly lazy at worst. I’m not sure how long it takes investigators to process a car but one would think it’d be better to obtain potential evidence because once that’s lost, it’s gone and there usually isn’t a way to recover it. A lack of evidence obviously seriously impedes the progress in an investigation so I would think that it’d be better to have the evidence collected and then not need it than it would be to overlook the evidence, then find out a crime *was* committed and you’ve squandered any clues that might have been. I of course understand that police can’t investigate every teeny-tiny matter just on a roommates sayso but there was obviously something amiss in this particular situation.
I agree and they should also take what a parent says about their missing loved one to heart. Anyone who looked at Shannon's life would see that she was not a person who would just walk away randomly after a game, leaving her prized possession and taking nothing with her. I can't fathom how let down and frustrated families must be in this situation while precious hours are going by and evidence is being destoyed.
Don't read if you don't want spoilers.
But I wonder why he confessed yet didn't tell them where the body was. Also, I wonder how many women he actually killed, because there had to be more in my opinion.
This happens a lot. It makes him feel like he still has a little bit of power since he knows where the body is and authority’s don’t.
@@BHart-uo1oh also, if he gets off by some sort of bad miracle. Or let out early, escapes. Etc. They whare able to go back to the victim to relive the murder. Disturbing
Im so sorry, i loooove your vids but there's one thing that gets to me every time... the phrase is "quote, un-quote" not "quote on quote". As in, you are opening up the quote and closing the quote. I'm so sorry, it just bugs me so much
He def needs to stay there. They need to figure out whose clothes and things were buried in his yard too.
Can you cover the case of the Menendez brothers? It is so heartbreaking
Bless Shannon and all his unknown victims!!!
Theeesee ads 😅😅😅
omg there is literally a street I think on Miller and 87th that is named after her !
SW 48 Street is named Shannon Melendi Drive from 82 Ave to 102 Ave. It's the street that runs directly behind Southwest HS. Shan and I grew up on 89th and Miller.
Perfect 30 minute video for my lunch break!!
I m a proponent of the death penalty. It bothers me that this monster will live out the rest of his life on taxpayer money while his victims' lives were cut short.
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I really hope they are still looking into Butch being responsible for other young womens disappearance. Any woman that went missing around that area could be his victim. They should have never released him after the kidnap and rape. If it wasnt for his wife catching him in the act that girl would also be dead. They should releasing pictures of the clothing find buried in his yard in case anyone recognizes the clothes.
I did a Google Search on Shannon and it stated that Butch said when he confessed that he burnt her body and disposed of the ashes(I do not know how true that is but that is what I could find).
Hello, this is Shannon's sister, Monique. We believe Shannon's body is with the rest of his victims. If he gives up her remains, he gets nailed for his other crimes. He claims he dismembered her and burned her in 2 fire pits. The police had cadaver dogs search his property and fire pits. They found remnants of the plastic ties he used to bound her hands and other materials, but no bone fragment. How do you find plastic and not bone?
love the set up! you’re glowing!!!!!
Evil. he needs to stay in prison forever, or else he will continue to murder.
Amazing case Sav Love you Girl keep at it and your are my inspiration for helping me doing my Own Podcast thank you!!
If the victim sees the face of her perpetrator, the odds are very, very slim that he will release her/let her live
Gotta love it!! Killer Instinct and my lunch break happening at the same time ❤️❤️❤️
Sending my prayers🙏🏻 and love ❤️ too the victim family 🙏🏻
Love ALL your videos!! Thank you so much for your hard work!! 💕
This is soooo sad! He deserves to be in prison the rest of his life!
Your voice is so soothing omggg
Why do people moan so much about the ads? They are better than CZcams ads as you can just skip forwards through them all. She puts them all together so it makes it extra easy to skip through.
Well in my opinion I do support her, and her ads...but I'm thinking maybe they notice them so easily bc they're literally over 6 minutes long, in a 31 minute video. So the other 25 minutes or so is super fast, which she does talk fast too....but other podcast that do this, have longer videos. Idk just my opinion though. Girl gotta make coin. Hope she can find a happy medium 😭
@@elizabethgregory Yeah, I get it kinda, I just don’t think it’s too much of a big deal. I watch you tubers who have CZcams ads throughout, plus a sponsor, so that probably adds up to about the same amount of time, but you can’t skip the CZcams ones 🤷♀️
Such a beautiful young lady. You tickled me at how boujie you pronounced Decalb county. 😂 it’s just DE-CAB….
Glad you said it lol but she did a good job covering the case
she was my moms good friend she went to glades middle school and southwest miami senior high with her. i was always my family she woukd have been my dresm girl. she was absolutely stunning ❤ god rest her soul
10:18 I hate to judge a book by its cover and I actively avoid doing so, even going so far as to call myself out on it when I find myself doing it. But… this guy… just looking at his picture gave me an unsettling feeling which is totally separate from whether I think he’s guilty of Shannon’s abduction or not. If a picture is worth a thousand words then surely a few of those words worthy of this picture would be _creepy, distressing, eerie_ and _chilling._
R.I.P Shannon 😭.. she seems like such a nice and good girl.
I’m a Cuban american born and raised in Miami my whole life and I have never heard of this case !
Thank u for sharing this story and I enjoyed your video ❤️💚
There's a street named after her which meets in front of her old high school in Miami, FL. I remember being in middle school and hearing about her disappearance. Tragic to say the least.
I went to the same highschool and lived on Shannon melendi terrace
Heartbreaking story 💔
Listening while getting ready😌
Has anybody attempted to count how many times the word "however" was used? I can't count that high. However, I still like the channel.
This happened close to me. My brother in law went to Emory.
If anyone is looking for different true crime content -- not just a motormouth spewing out info, no ads, and quick wit and sarcasm -- check out Megan True Crime. She is newer but awesome and super funny... I absolutely love her personality!!!
Is anyone else having to hit the like button like 40 times to give her a like ???
Looking forward to this one
Smashed the like button now time 2 kick back and get stuck into the video thanks 4 sharing this case see u next week love u gorgeous x 💕💞☺️❤️
Wtf yes keep releasing a criminal and murder
Sometimes the justice system doesn’t give very much “justice” to the family’s who have lost someone
It's called the criminal justice system for a reason. Seems like the criminals have all the rights and the victims have none. We have to fight to keep this a-hole behind bars every 7 years or so. It's exhausting. This is Shannon's sister, Monique. :)