Unbelievably sad. Thank you for covering this case!

@erockstoenescu6171

6 ай бұрын

How is it sad? She was selfish, rude and made her choice. You don’t do that to people.

@ageofadversity

6 ай бұрын

Darwin award.

Hey... Ironically.... My name's Melanie & I'm 49yrs Old.. I live in Australia & have never been Hiking .... Love your Videos..💘

@Melsincatuation

6 ай бұрын

Hey Melanie!! I'm Melanie too..and I'm 49 ! But I'm live in the USA!! Maybe ur my twin from the other side of the world!! Lol

@melaniejackson8187

6 ай бұрын

@@Melsincatuation oh wow... I just thought I was reading my own comment again until I saw the USA part.. Very Spine-Chiling stuff huh... 😮 LOL..

Horrific at all levels; what is worse than being falsely accused of murder. She may be down in a steep ravine & will only be found by accident

Thanks for telling her story, Bryan. I have been there. It is very easy to get lost in the jungle, and you can't believe how hard it rains up there. Also, as you can tell the cliffs are incredibly steep. One wrong step is all it takes if you're near the edge. I'm sorry she has never been found. At this point I'm sure there's nothing left.

@bawattsyl

6 ай бұрын

Yes Gwen was telling me about how dangerous it is and how many people go out " unprepared " and yes those cliffs look like a very long way down.. thank you for watching and your feedback🙏

You cover these cases with such compassion and care. Well done and thank you for all you do! 👏🏼

Who takes a stranger’s car, for heaven’s sake? That is such strange behavior.

@thegreencat9947

6 ай бұрын

Only once...maybe.😬

@sickoftheshit

6 ай бұрын

I know I would have been more than a little pissed off. That was a huge red flag waving. IDK what I would have done considering her car was stuck there, miles from anywhere. I probably would have taken her to town so she could figure out how to get her car out of my yard and get herself sorted out. I'm surmising of course.

@RaoulThomas007

6 ай бұрын

Who carries dozens of containers of medications?

@Ranman1

6 ай бұрын

A pill head.

@sdriza

6 ай бұрын

Drug addict

I remember when this happened, so sad. Thank you for all you do Bryan 💙

The descriptions of Melanie’s behavior by Bill, Gwen, and Pat suggest she was mentally disturbed. She took her backpack with her meds, walked into the woods, and took an overdose.

Wishing everyone happiness, we really are so fragile in ways. What is confounding to me is how fragile the human mind is. My heart hurts for this woman who seemed lost even before she disappeared. I can't imagine my brain becoming my worst enemy, and I don't even know it. She is at peace finally, if there's any solice to be had in knowing that. Thank you for sharing this heartbreaking story with us. There are lessons to be learned in each one of these tragic tales, and I try to learn something from each one in honor of the life lost. 😢❤

@journeysalkebulan

6 ай бұрын

You have no idea if she is at peace finally or not.

@debraowen6723

6 ай бұрын

Journey you are too dense to get what is meant by at peace when someone dies. Their fight, their worry, pain or whatever is OVER. DONE. GET IT?

Beautiful job, so sad. I hope she is still out there somewhere.🙏🙏

@bawattsyl

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I do as well🙏

I can understand the authorities questioning Bill and looking. I would want to cover all leads and rule them out. I hope you are doing well. God bless:)

Her behavior was very irratic. I mean look at the things she did?? Strange. I think she just wandered off and died?

This woman obviously was quite off track in some regards. The weird way she just drove her car in somebody's backyard and got it stuck there, how she took a stranger's car without asking, the amount of prescription drugs in her luggage anc so on... You actually don't need a serial killer to explain her vanishing, I'm afraid ...

Nothing wrong with law enforcement checking everything including the patio. There are cases where some were murdered by someone they just met so putting that to rest is good and they can focus on something else. A lot of people get lost in the woods and maybe that's just it or maybe it was foul play. I do hope she is found.

No good deed goes unpunished

@a.mie.533

6 ай бұрын

😕 Aaawww - hope that' s not your own experience ...

Hi Bryan! Thank you for the video. This case has so many twists and turns and more questions than answers. I hope and pray that they will be able to find Melanie so she can be reunited with her family and also so her family can find peace 🕊️🙏 I continue to pray for you and your family daily 🙏 Timber

Great job covering this strange case - this one is strange. My first thought was that the Hawaiian islands are full of lava tubes, and I’ve heard of people falling into them with very little evidence of what happened (one such story was covered on the MrBallen KZread channel). I’m thinking she could have fallen into one accidentally. Stranger things have happened. I agree that we’ll likely never know after all these years, but I pray that she’s found, if just to give her friends and loved ones answers. BTW, I’m very interested in buying one of your calendars and can’t wait to see the beautiful pictures. If you still need more pics, let me know!

@bawattsyl

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and the feedback! I'll let you know when the calendars are in. One of the many questions I have about this case is why didn't the person who originally reported her missing ever come forward? Why not help with the search? From what gwen and I could tell Melanie did an amazing job of leaving little to no paper trail of her life in California. Just so many questions in this case. Thank you again for watching🙏

Thank you Bryan ❤

So awesome of this lady to reach out to you in hopes of keeping this poor girl's story alive and so awesome of you to share it for her! This one is definitely an odd one. Surely she has to have family in the states looking for her? Almost makes you wonder if Melanie Summer wasn't a "new identity" she came up with after fleeing her abusive husband, it definitely sounds like it could be an alias to me. Which also makes me wonder if she could have a missing person case in California (if she was honest about where she was from) under her actual name.... Really enjoyed this one as there are so many oddities here to think on. Thanks again for another awesome video! P.S. You sound great by the way, hope you're feeling better!

Thanks so much for all the work you put into each case, Bryan. I always look forward to your videos!

@bawattsyl

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate the kind feedback and support! I hope your new year is off to a great start🙏

I once had an elderly friend show up at my front door with a suitcase and many bags filled with prescription drugs, properly ordered by her doctor and dispensed. Obviously she was a non-compliant patient. Eventually she was hospitalized in a locked psychiatric ward where she died. She was a lost soul as Bryan says. So sad for her.

What a sad and strange story. Thank you once again! Happy new year 😊

What a strange sad story. Thank you for sharing.

Wishing you, Bryan, a happy, healthy New Year! Thk you as always for bringing this event to our attention. You are doing an important work. God bless.🙏

Thanks for bringing her story to light.

Happy New Year Bryan. Thanks for the video. So strange, she shows up then disappears, very sad.

Happy New Year Bryan!🎉

Happy New Year Bryan. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Thank you very much for all the hard work you put into your videos. This is a very sad and strange case. I hope she is found.

@bawattsyl

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Happy new year to you and your family 🙏 thank you for watching and your kind words🙏

Sad and strange story. It would be easy to get lost in the jungles/forests of Kauai. I visited the island and did some hiking and some of it was pretty rugged. We had a Jeep but still found some of the roads very eerie and turned back to main roads. This case feels really creepy and suspicious to me, though. I bet someone took the answer with them to their grave.

@earnold1896

2 ай бұрын

I was suspicious of the people too. I doubt Gwen commented to Melanie on her jacket. It was probably just a run of the mill jacket.

Happy New Year to you and yours! Thank you for all you do, you are very much appreciated.

Hi Bryan, myself and my family members enjoy your videos so much. Wishing you a very Happy New Year filled with health, happiness, and prosperity.

Melanie was obviously in a very distressed state. Bad experiences in two relationships and she now had gotten her car hopelessly stuck. She didn’t inform Bill she was leaving I suspect as she didn’t plan on returning. The medications might have been part of her plan. This case was particularly unsettling.

Happy New Year Bryan!!🥳🥳💜 And thank you for this story. Its always sad to hear of people disappearing. Even years later, hoping the families would have some kind of closure. Wishing you many blessings for the new year & thank you for all the work you do not only on here but actually going out & helping & looking for people.🌻🌻💜

Hi Bryan. I was wondering when you expect the calendars to be available? They are for 2024, correct? Tks.

Thanks Brian. What a weird & sad story. 😢 Happy New Year to you! 🎉

Let me tell you something about women, they don't drive daredevil and park cars up and around that house like what she did there unless there was something really screwy going on up in the hills there.

Very interesting story. And an odd story. Also, I want to hike that very high trail you showed!

Happy New Year, Bryan ✨️💫 Thank you for your dedication and really sensitive channel 🙏 May 2024 and beyond, be really good for you 👍 🎉 In terms of this case ... one of my questions would be around the big bag full of drugs? That's a red flag I would have thought because a) she could have been suicidal b) she could have been some sort of drugs mule or c) she might have been killed by someone who wanted to steal them. If they were prescribed meds, and she wasnt suicidal, surely she'd have only taken enough for a few days as she left everything else behind. A very sad mystery xx

Hope you have a very Happy New Year Bryan! This is a head scratcher. She could be anywhere but most likely got lost or disoriented. Maybe she fell into a ravine & got covered in jungle. So sad.

This existence is but a passing vapor. the only thing that keeps me sane is knowing that Heaven awaits all of those who accept Jesus as Lord. This world is sick. i almost dont even want to live to see how bad it gets. Between ai takeover, George orwell 1984 slave state, Fema camps and complete societal collapse and death to fiat currency... a part of me is praying that God takes me out of this world soon. I have a mystery illness since getting double pneumonia right before covid, then getting covid a couple months later.. ive been suffering from a litany of symptoms. I cant help but thank our Father because his plan is to take me home where there is no more pain and rejection of friends and family anymore.. no more parents who abandon you.. no more debilitating illnesses . Just Peace and Love... Everything God... There's only one way to Heaven and thats by way of Christ Jesus. if you're not saved yet, i earnestly pray that You accept Our Abba. it will be the best decision you ever made!! There's many false representations of christ by people who profess to know Christ. The bible says wide is the way to destruction and narrow is the way that leads to life and few find it. Just know that Our God is so incredibly good i cant begin to describe. Alot of people pimp out christ for personal gain and or just dont operate by way of his spirit. There are true children of God out here, it took a long time for me to even find one before i was saved. Glory to God. I love you, Much respect to you. i will pray for you always

@karinteeples9715

5 ай бұрын

Amen!! Jesus is my Messiah and Savior! I’m so ready for His return!!🔥🙏🏻

Best Video Yet❤

I think something was wrong with Melanie mentally.......she did some bizarre things.....still sad though ...about all the 2 people that died....Bill and pat.....kudos to Gwen for telling her story....thanks bryan for the continued hard work on these cases....😊

@prarieborn6458

6 ай бұрын

Melanie reminds me of another person a lot like her. She was one of those people who seem helpless and a victim, yet are amazingly adept at survivng by getting other people to take care of them and somehow attract trouble for their benefactors. Once you help them, they make free to halp themselves to your stuff..and make themselves ‘at home” When it is time for them to move on they can’t leave because they have nowehere to go, nobody to call. Their vehicle is broke down in your back yard….. There is an old saying ‘No good deed goes unpunished” i do wonder if Melanie just decided to walk away, literally, She had her back pack and her meds and could have hitchiked back to town, rent another car..and continue with her plans. maybe she thought she would come back later for her suitcase, or maybe not..

@miked4377

6 ай бұрын

@@prarieborn6458 that's possible...

@portalofwisdom8858

6 ай бұрын

​@prarieborn6458 maybe she hitch-hiked back to town and got picked up by that serial killer that was operating in the area at that time. A person like that would definitely pick up a woman that matched his profile and the police already said she matched the kind of women he went for. Maybe it was coincidentally bad place/bad time situation.

@miked4377

6 ай бұрын

@portalofwisdom8858 yes that's q definitely a possibility...I think that women was very strange ..

That was weird. The Ole patio caper, huh? Poor Bill-nothing like gossip. Poor Melanie-a stranger in a strange land. Good to hear from you, Bryan, as always, thank you.

Happy New Year Brian. I wish you health and happy trails in the coming year. There are so many possibilities. I find the bag of pills along with the taking of the car to be disturbing. Was this a way to end her life? Or did she not take her meds, and that ended her life? It sounds like the weather alone would have been enough to endanger such a small person as Melanie was. Taking someone's vehicle indicates to me that she may have been running from someone and wanted to make sure it was extremely difficult to track where she was - no paper trail as there would be with a rental or self owned car. All in all, it's next to impossible to come to any conclusion. Melanie was more or less a stranger on Kauai, in a strange and difficult place. Without a body or a confession, there is little to point to.

@bawattsyl

6 ай бұрын

Thank you and yes you're right about many things. To me I just can't believe whoever originally reported her missing didn't come forward and no family came to the island when she went missing so I'm guessing she didn't tell anyone of her move to the island. Thank you for watching and your feedback🙏

🇨🇦7:29 what a weird story. Didn’t know what to think. The understatement of the year.

Happy New Bryan! Blessings for you and your family this year. This is such a weird sad story.

Hi Bryan...Have a Happy, Healthy New Year!

I would’ve immediately reported her to the Sheriff’s office upon her disappearance and strange behavior trespassing her car into the back yard and using their car without permission.

Thanks

She may have not even gotten lost in there. She could have walked out, hitched a ride to who knows where, then left the island.

This is a heartbreaking Case.

A very bizarre case😮

We discovered portable battery jump packs. You don’t need another car to jump start a vehicle. 🇨🇦

@sharonmartin5051

6 ай бұрын

Yes, those are wonderful. But I don't think they were around 20 years ago.

Bryan this is the same park Samuel disappeared in

Trouble in paradise.

What are the chances that there is a serial killer in such a remote area. Crazy stuff

Has anyone tried to verify her name and then place that identified individual in California?

@bawattsyl

6 ай бұрын

Yes the FBI has. Any other questions? Thank you for watching and your feedback and happy new year🙏

@RaoulThomas007

6 ай бұрын

@@bawattsyl Can you share with us what city in California she lived in? It would be interesting to hear from Melanie’s friends back in Cali about their thoughts on her. Did she want to disappear? Did drugs play a large role in her life? Did she talk about living off the grid, etc.?

@bawattsyl

6 ай бұрын

​@@RaoulThomas007wish I could but she did a very good job at not leaving a paper trail. Even the investigators couldn't find Background information. But I'll keep looking. Based on what Gwen told me, Melanie told her that her ex was so abusive that she had been planning her escape to Hawaii for a while and figured he wouldn't think to look for her there but 🤷‍♂️ Thank you for watching and your feedback! If I find out anymore info I'll definitely pin a comment and let everyone know. Happy new year to you and your family and friends🙏🙏

She took her backpack with ALL those meds? She went out there to die

Greetings Bryan from Apacheria in the Arizona Territories Ahe'hye'e

You misspelled the word "details" in the title of the video. I only comment about the title grammar because I myself have made grammar or spelling errors in my own videos. I hope I am not being rude by noticing and pointing it out. I enjoy watching your channel and listening to the stories. I appreciate that you tell these stories and bring awareness to the cases. I come from a background of spending a lot of time in Oregon's coast range and the Cascades. The mountains are beautiful. Always good to keep in mind that disappearances can happen and to use your senses.

Why would you cut a big trail through the thick woods to get your car up there to jump start it? Why wouldn't you just remove your battery and walk it up to the car? Sounds like BS.

What a sad situation. People are fragile. Melanie sounded disturbed, withdrawn, & maybe even in shock from wrecking her car or trauma from abuse. Gwen, & the others acted compassionately. Knowing what we know about it now, it would have been best to take her to the local authorities, where they could put her in touch with help. It's hard to know how to help someone, not knowing there exact circumstances.

I feel that Melanie was a lost soul, possibly with mental illness intertwined. She may have just wandered off got lost and passed with the elements 😢 Such a sad story. @Bryan, how much are your calendars? I may be interested

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Rather compliment Bry 🙄

She most likely died of exposure.

Unfortunately this is a common story here in Hawaii. Women claiming they were abused show up here and then are found to be mentally unstable, could be from the abuse. They can be paranoid and or irrational. These ladies are incredibly common which is a shame. I think they are just trying to get lost so they can't be found and some don't survive.

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these people were nice, I would have called to have it towed and would never let a stranger stay at my house. she sounded like someone with mental issues.

Sometimes people disappear themselves. Remember the prescription bottles . . .

Melanie sounds like she was the problem in her life, for whatever reason whether her life experiences drove her to be the way she was but her behaviour was really off

That serial killer was only charged with a parole violation and is related to Dept.of Land and Natural Resources' main man. It's an island where few murders are solved😢

@eringemini7091

5 ай бұрын

You quite literally hit the nail on the head with that one! On 10/17/21 one of my neighbors disappeared. She was 56 yr old Jodielynn Taylor. She had only moved into our Apartment complex a few months before. She was divorced with grown kids. She used to go fishing early in the morning before sunrise just a couple miles away. Theres video of her buying Bait at the local grocery store on the morning (day) she disappeared. Her car was found at the local beach where they thought she was fishing. Three weeks later her body was found decomposed with a length of rope in the bushes nearby( according to her Daughter, about the rope). The body was in an advanced state, but that did not mean that there would be no clues( her hyoid bone being broken could tell them hanging was her cause of death). According to her daughter, nothing was around her neck. The rope, she said wasn't even close to the body! Beaches often have LOTS of rope mixed into the crap that washes up to the high tide line/ bushes. They closed the case, saying she unalived herself with the Rope. All that according to her angry daughter, who knows that someone must have done something to her Mom....additionally its VERY rare for Women to do that form of unaliving. The Police on Kauai have been described as crooked, lazy, & incompetent by many!

Bill

What kind of person hops in someone's car and just takes off. Even if it's was someone I was dating I would be totally pissed and consider that as insane behavior yet they kinda assumed the oh well, not a big deal stance. Something is way off with the story.

Hey who was the serial killer?

Very strange..its weird hearing you talk about a person with my name. Lol.. But this case is sad...I actually think all those pills were part of her "plan" to exit this world... And she wanted to do it in a beautiful place like Hawaii

Any man could stalk her way out yhere in nowhere

Melanie only weighed 101 lbs. She would not survive long if she got lost, or if the temperatures dropped. Some of her unusual actions like "borrowing" a strangers car, made me think she might have had some psychological issues. Which may have been what some of the medication was for. As far as having so many pill bottles, I've known people who save perscriptions for years, every scrip they ever had and didn't finish. Or maybe she saved the empty bottles. When my ex died they found hundreds of empty pill bottles in bags behind his recliner.🙄

Hate to sound this blunt but this is experience speaking.... Nature will weed out anyone who doesn't have their senses about them and is in shape so fast it spins heads, Nature is designed to do that. It's a rude awakening for most

AMBER ALERT.....

Title: Not "deatils" It's "details"

I heard Hawaii has a lot of people who go missing g. Thete are a lot of Liveral eludes who have homes there. I met a Man on an online social media group he went to Hawaii with his family and his 16 yr old daughter went misdi g . He said she was blonde and really pretty. So sad on vacation I can't stand predators!

@Melsincatuation

6 ай бұрын

What is liveral eludes?

So this clearly vulnerable woman disappears alone into the wilderness leaving literally ALL her possessions behind and these two bozos wait a WEEK before doing anything about it ?

They got pissed n killed her for taking the car!!!

Why do you have to use so meany fake pictures

@teresacorrigan3076

6 ай бұрын

I love the pictures. Beautiful and enlightening

@melissasander591

6 ай бұрын

I second that - I also love the pictures and I think they add to the story!

Bill killed and buried her

Lousy upload