Christopher Wolfenbarger, the man charged with the 1998 murder and dismemberment of Melissa Wolfenbarger, his wife, has been acquitted on all charges. Melissa was the daughter of Carl Patton, a serial killer who killed five people in Georgia in the 1970s and died in 2024 while serving a life sentence.

As reported by Law & Crime, Christopher was found not guilty after a Fulton County jury deliberated for two hours on Friday, August 22. He was arrested in August 2024 and charged with murder in connection with the 1998 death of his wife, Melissa.

Melissa was last seen on Thanksgiving 1998. Months later, in April 1999, a severed head inside a trash bag was found near Christopher’s place of work. A month later, more body parts were found nearby. However, at the time, the remains were believed

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