Melody Wiggins was 29 when she was reported missing on May 30, 2005. Her partially decomposed body was found on June 2, 2005, in a rural area of Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The autopsy found multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma to the head, injuries that proved fatal; her body was found partially clothed.

Wiggins was one of several African-American women murdered in and around Rocky Mount between 2003 and 2009. Many of the victims had histories of drug addiction and prostitution, and the clustering of discoveries near Seven Bridges Road led investigators to consider a possible serial offender dubbed the Seven Bridges Killer. A task force was formed to examine links among the cases. One man was later arrested and convicted in the killing of Taraha Nicholson, but Wiggins’ murder remains unsolved and no suspect has been apprehended in her case.

Wiggins’ mother, Shelly Guillen, has publicly described learning of her daughter’s death. If anyone knew Melody, her movements in late May 2005, or saw anything unusual near Seven Bridges Road, please come forward with information.