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A woman’s psychic vision leads her to a murder victim.  Etta Smith, a psychic  Melanie Uribe, murder victim CASE DETAILS On December 17, 1980, Etta Smith was working at an aerospace company in Burbank, California, when a news story triggered a frightening vision. Thirty-one year-old nurse Melanie Uribe hadn’t been seen for days and investigators feared the worst. Etta says her unusual episode began when she starting hearing a voice in her head:
 Etta saw the location of the body in her head For Etta, the vision was so powerful she felt compelled to report it to the police:
Retired Los Angeles Police Detective Lee Ryan says he welcomed Etta’s information:
Based on her psychic vision, Etta pinpointed the area in Los Angeles County where she thought the missing nurse might be found, a place called Lopez Canyon. Detective Ryan seemed willing to listen, but Etta worried that the police would not follow up. She decided to investigate on her own. With her daughter, Tina, Etta drove to Lopez Canyon.  Etta was jailed for murder
The feelings forced Etta to keep searching. Soon she spotted some fresh tire tracks:
Etta said she got the feeling from the tracks that the missing woman had been there:
Further down the canyon, Etta stopped again when Tina saw something unusual in the brush. Etta says it was a body:
Etta quickly contacted the police. An autopsy determined that the body was indeed Melanie Uribe. She had been robbed, raped, and beaten to death. That evening, Etta was summoned to the police station. She was questioned by two detectives she’d never seen before:
According to Det. Ryan, Etta seemed to know too much about the crime to not to be involved:
Etta volunteered to take two polygraph exams. She passed both. But Etta says the detectives lied to her about the results and booked her as an accessory to murder:
Etta Smith was not going home. She was locked up in jail for several days, unaware of dramatic new developments on the outside: police had arrested two young men for the murder of Melanie Uribe. In the end, Etta was completely absolved. The two confessed killers were sent to prison. Det. Ryan credits Etta’s vision for helping to solve the case:
Etta has no explanation for her sudden onset of psychic abilities: “I sometimes wonder what it was that transpired, from this innocent person who was murdered, and how her death somehow reached out and touched me. I think it’s one of the mysteries in life that many things happen to us throughout our life that are unexplainable.” Since helping to break this case, Etta has assisted several police departments and crime victims using her psychic abilities. Watch this case now on Amazon Prime in season seven with Robert Stack and in season three with Dennis Farina. Also available on YouTube with Dennis Farina. Various seasons available now on Hulu. |
Fernando Miranda
Falou tudo. A policia só quer prender alguém. Se você não for rico já era.
Groovie
America the type of country to give an innocent person the death penalty or life in prison so glad she wasn’t pinned for this by just trying to help
Bobby
It’s completely understandable that the police didn’t believe her. It’s even understandable that she was arrested for being an accomplice. It’s so easy for people like you to look down on the police when you have no clue what they go thru trying to do their jobs.
Jose plaza
I will like to know if Etta Smith can find out the status of my first cousin. She is missind for 19 years. Thank you
Anonymous
I too worked with Melanie , what I have never understood is why she was working the night shift. When we worked together at Tarzana Conval she had stated that she would never work nights. She must have had some kind of premonition because she feared the night shift.
MS
I have reason to believe Melanie Urribe was not the target.
Anonymous
Nativia Cole, you are HILARIOUS! Missing persons, premonitions, ridiculous Satanic cult storie.
Thanks for the laughs,
Malooka
Amanda
You’re being very closed minded friend.
I think you should do your research before making assumptions.
You sound like another sheep, chained to the materialistic human world in a little box. Ghosts, aliens, skinwalkers, bigfoot are real whether you believe it or not & being psychic has nothing to do with satanism. Satanism isn’t even slightly linked to anything to do with Jesus or the bible. It is its own religion. Cults are also separate to satanism. There has been more Christian cults than any other religion in the world.
Victoria
This is a bold faced lie based off emotion and anger.
Anonymous
I’m not sure about her, this is just all to cookie cutter, these visions. The fact that she has solved more cases does not help. The last person to suspect is the one who is helping the case. I feel that she might just be way to clever and have had people helping her out. Think about it, all she would need was a bribe to have someone take the fall. I say they should be checking out banking details at the times of each crime. Keep tabs on her, and surveillance. Tell her there is another crime, and see how she reacts when she does not realize it is fake, and thus no visions come. Also, keep certain cases privet from her.
Stuart (Glasgow)
‘a bribe to take the fall’…for murder? You’d have to be a half-wit to think 2 young guys would confess to robbery, rape and murder for a bribe. Ýou come across as an idiot in the extreme.
Sue
I used to work with Melanie at Pacoina hospital. She was a kind and wonderful person, and a great nurse. May God bless Melanie’s sweet soul, and her family. And May God bless Etta Smith-thank you for your bravery and perseverance. I totally believe you.
Donna
Sue, you don’t know me but I am Melanie’s sister. Thank you for your kind words. She’s now been dead longer than she lived. I miss her to this day. Her son is now 40 yr old man and he still grieves for her. It’s nice to know that she’s not forgotten.
geisla kimble
I’m Geisla Kimble is the mother of Quindell Malik Moody that been decesed for 6 months now I can’t sleep or eat in been hit bye a car an the police officer didn’t did not investigation in my son’s death n put my son at fault. I know for my son for not walking in the road or nothing done been in strange places n walk around out of the state.please I need help to c really did my son walk in front of the to kill hisself
Me
Such sad story.
Nativia Cole
ive actually been in her shoes. about 3 years ago now, a 13 year old girl in a neighboring town went missing. the day that she went missing, i had a dream which involved the missing person flyers with her picture that were not accessible yet and the location of a large body of water. in fear of being judged, i only told my mother and my husband about my dream. throughout the investigation, i had a unexplainable connection with it as if i personally knew her. the investigation went cold until 2 years later when a man came across her remains next to a man made lake called lake jackson. my mom had called me as i was returning home from my inlaws. when she told me they found her i was extremely excited. then she informed me of the location in which she was found. it was exact same location from my dream 2 years earlier. my husband said that i turned pale as a ghost in which i informed him of what my mom had just told me. he was speechless the whole way home. looking back now, i truly wanted to go to the police with my premonition but i was in fear of being accused somehow or having them think i was insane.
SavagePRude
my friend told me that its not worth it, a young man had a terrible dream about a young woman being murdered, it botehred him so much he went into the police station after work and told them, they promptly arrested him. he did six years, until a guy in another jail told his cell mate that He did it, and ‘some guy’ was serving time for it, the cellmate told authorities, they checked it out, managed to prove the 2nd guy did it, first guy got released at last but.. NOT WORTH IT. plus these visions can be Very subjective and time altered.