Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Mercer County Woman Charged In Cold Case Murder

{Bluewell, West Virginia}...This week, investigators with the Moore County, North Carolina Sheriff's Department charged Melissa Rovnak, of Bluewell, in Mercer County, with first degree murder in the 2002 death of her husband, Scott Rovnak. Investigators say Melissa and her children went back to West Virginia to visit her family and returned three days later to find Scott fatally shot and slumped over his computer. Melissa insisted it happened while she was in West Virginia, but police say evidence at the scene shows it happened just prior to or at the time they left the residence going to West Virginia. Investigators traveled to West Virginia earlier this week, searched Melissa Rovnak''s home, found evidence in the case and arrested her. Extradition proceedings to take her back to North Carolina are underway.