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{{Villain Infobox|name=Melvin Henry Ignatow|goals=Murder His Former Girlfriend Brenda Schaeffer (Succeeded)<br>Get Away With The Murder (Succeeded)<br>Avoid Prison (Failed)|hobby=Sexual Sadism|origin=Louisville, Kentucky|type of villain=Psychopathic Sadist|skills=Manipulation<br>Planning<br>|crimes=[[Murder]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Domestic abuse]]<br>Perjury<br>| | {{Mature}}{{Villain Infobox|name=Melvin Henry Ignatow|goals=Murder His Former Girlfriend Brenda Schaeffer (Succeeded)<br>Get Away With The Murder (Succeeded)<br>Avoid Prison (Failed)|hobby=Sexual Sadism|origin=Louisville, Kentucky, United States|type of villain=Psychopathic Sadist|skills=Manipulation<br>Planning<br>|crimes=[[Murder]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Domestic abuse]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Perjury<br>|image=Mel_Ignatow.jpg|fullname=Melvin Henry Ignatow|alias=Mel Ignatow<br>Mel<br>}}{{Quote|Good evening ladies and gentleman! We are coming to you live. This is your host Mel Ignatow and with me is the Puta, the Jezebel who tried to leave me. She has been captured and taken prisoner by me now. THE PRISONER WILL IDENTIFY HERSELF!|Ignatow taunting Schaefer during his [[Snuff film]]}}'''Melvin Henry Ignatow''' (March 26, 1938 – September 1, 2008) was a resident of Louisville, Kentucky, who was responsible for the 1988 murder & rape of his former girlfriend, Brenda Sue Schaefer. | ||
The case was controversial because Ignatow was acquitted of the charge. However, photographs that proved his guilt were uncovered after the trial. Under the legal principle of ''double jeopardy'', Ignatow could not be tried again for the murder. He was instead convicted and jailed for perjury in his grand jury testimony for the case on several occasions. | The case was controversial because Ignatow was acquitted of the charge. However, photographs that proved his guilt were uncovered after the trial. Under the legal principle of ''double jeopardy'', Ignatow could not be tried again for the murder. He was instead convicted and jailed for perjury in his grand jury testimony for the case on several occasions. | ||
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On September 23, 1988, Schaeffer met Ignatow to return some jewelry of his that she had in her possession. Once she arrived, Ignatow took Schaeffer to Shore's house, where he pulled a gun on Brenda and locked her in the house. Brenda was then blindfolded, gagged and bound by her hands and feet. | On September 23, 1988, Schaeffer met Ignatow to return some jewelry of his that she had in her possession. Once she arrived, Ignatow took Schaeffer to Shore's house, where he pulled a gun on Brenda and locked her in the house. Brenda was then blindfolded, gagged and bound by her hands and feet. | ||
Ignatow forced Brenda to strip, photographed her in suggestive positions, raped, sodomized and beat her before killing her with chloroform. Ignatow and Shore buried her behind Shore's house then took Brenda's | Ignatow forced Brenda to strip, photographed her in suggestive positions, raped, sodomized and beat her before killing her with chloroform. Ignatow and Shore buried her behind Shore's house then took Brenda's jewelry and the exposed film. | ||
== Investigation and Trial == | == Investigation and Trial == | ||
After Schaefer's disappearance, Ignatow became an immediate suspect. However, police weren't able to locate any witnesses or physical evidence linking him to Schaeffer's disappearance. Police also had no whereabouts of any sort of body. In search for any lead that could let them move forward with the case, police invited Ignatow to clear his name by testifying before a grand jury. There, he mentioned Shore's name, bringing her into the | After Schaefer's disappearance, Ignatow became an immediate suspect. However, police weren't able to locate any witnesses or physical evidence linking him to Schaeffer's disappearance. Police also had no whereabouts of any sort of body. In search for any lead that could let them move forward with the case, police invited Ignatow to clear his name by testifying before a grand jury. There, he mentioned Shore's name, bringing her into the investigation for the first time. | ||
Police interrogated Shore, who eventually confessed to helping plan the murder, and taking pictures of Ignatow as he tortured and raped Schaeffer. Shore also lead the investigators to the gravesite, where Brenda's badly decomposed body had been buried for over a year. The autopsy showed she had been raped and sodiomized. | Police interrogated Shore, who eventually confessed to helping plan the murder, and taking pictures of Ignatow as he tortured and raped Schaeffer. Shore also lead the investigators to the gravesite, where Brenda's badly decomposed body had been buried for over a year. The autopsy showed she had been raped and sodiomized. | ||
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“It was time for him to lay down and die”. | “It was time for him to lay down and die”. | ||
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