MIAMI (AP) - A man convicted of raping and strangling a college student in 1994 is up for parole next year and the victim’s family is starting a petition to deny it.
A year after his conviction, Colvin Hinton gave a two-hour confession in 2006 to the murder of Emory University student Shannon Melendi.
The 19-year-old Miami woman disappeared after leaving a softball field near Decatur where she was working as a scorekeeper and Hinton was an umpire. He said he took her to his home then burned her body in several fire pits in his backyard and disposed of the ashes.
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The Sun Sentinel reports that Monique Melendi posted the petition on Facebook on Monday noting it was the 24-year anniversary of her sister’s death and urged others to sign it to keep Hinton “behind bars where he belongs.”
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