Alvin Melleth
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Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
By this point, David Wood is Johnny's prime suspect.
But a nickname and a history of crimes, no matter how unsettling, aren't enough to put him away for six murders.
But then Johnny gets his first big break.
She died in 2014, but Johnny interviewed her back when it happened.
Judith Kelling is in her mid-20s at the time.
She tells Johnny that she was out by a Circle K convenience store and was trying to hitchhike to a friend's house when a white guy picked her up in his truck.
Instead of taking her where she wanted to go, he asked to make a stop.
She was annoyed, but also not in a hurry.
She says he parked outside an apartment and went in.
But then he drove out to a pretty remote spot in the desert and stopped the truck.
She describes how the guy grabbed a rolled-up blanket and a shovel out of the truck bed.
Kelling says the guy tied her up, threw her down on the blanket, and raped her.
Also, he kept ordering her to say that she was 14 years old.
Then the guy heard some voices nearby.
Kelling says he got spooked and sped off in his truck, leaving her tied up in the middle of nowhere.
After the interview, Judith identifies David Wood in a photo lineup and takes police to where she was raped.
Johnny says it's around 50 yards from where the murder victims were found.
Within a few weeks, the police arrest David Wood for Kelling's rape.
David Wood denies ever having raped Judith Kelling, but he's convicted and sent to prison.