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LaDonna Humphrey is an investigative journalist, award-winning author, public speaker, and podcaster dedicated to uncovering the truth and advocating for crime victims. She has written The Girl I Never Knew, Strangled, and Connected by Fate, and directed the award-winning documentary Uneven Ground: The Melissa Witt Story. LaDonna co-hosts Deep Dark Secrets and Extinguished podcasts and speaks nationally on cold cases, missing persons, and justice reform. Her work brings powerful voices and attention to the unheard and unresolved.

For over two decades the identity of Melissa Witt's murderer has been hidden among the dense trees and thorny undergrowth rooted deeply in the uneven ground of a remote mountaintop in the Ozark National Forest. Determined to find answers, LaDonna Humphrey has spent the past seven years hunting for Melissa's killer. Her investigation, both thrilling and unpredictable, has led her on a journey like no other.