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Reviewed by Michelle Stanley for Readers' Favorite
Connected by Fate is a non-fiction true crime account by LaDonna Humphrey. In December 1994, Melissa Ann Witt was abducted and her body was found in early 1995. The case has remained unsolved but has not been forgotten in Arkansas. LaDonna joined Detectives J. C. Rider and Chris Boyd to investigate the murder case that has intrigued them for years. Many people, including Sandy Jones, a crazy informer, contacted them with fictitious stories. However, other persons claiming to be Melissa's friends caught the investigative team's attention, as well as the letter of a man’s name in Melissa’s diary. The bodies of more murder victims found in national parks also convinced the authorities that it was a serial killing.
“Proverbs 28:1: The wicked flee when none pursueth” -- Chris Boyd, Major (Retired). LaDonna Humphrey’s Connected by Fate aroused my curiosity. The author has invested time and effort to assist Rider and Boyd find Melissa Witt’s killer. Becoming impatient and sometimes emotional about this seemed to make LaDonna more determined to help the lawmen, and a notebook kept on the case is often perused. It’s so hard to believe that the victim was only forty-five steps away from Bowling World. Although no visual material or interviews are included, LaDonna’s writing is easy to comprehend with sufficient detailed information about what transpired. If you like reading true crime stories or murder mysteries and don’t mind the graphic details, then you’ll find Connected by Fate by LaDonna Humphrey as interesting as I did.
