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Arrest Made in the 1988 Cold Case Murder of 11-Year-Old Melissa Tremblay
34 years after her death, authorities have charged the man responsible
Melissa “Missy” Ann Tremblay was a sixth-grader at Lancaster School in Salem, New Hampshire when she went missing on September 11, 1988. Her body was located on the railroad tracks at the Boston & Maine freight terminal the next day. She had been stabbed to death and one of her legs had been severed by a passing train.
Fast forward 34 years…
On Tuesday, April 27, 2002, 74-year-old Marvin C. “Skip” McClendon of Bremen, Alabama was arrested and charged with Melissa’s murder.
Melissa Trembley
Melissa’s childhood friend, Andrea Granley has advocated for the continued investigation into Melissa’s murders over the years. She described Melissa in a 2017 interview with the Eagle Tribune:
“She was always friendly. … She loved fashion and pocketbooks, Madonna and New Kids On The Block. … I thought she was just beautiful, perfect. She had cool hair, cool clothes. I basically looked up to her.”
Andrea also described the days following the news of Melissa’s death. She stated that all of the students gathered in the Lancaster school cafeteria…
