Gosule Melissa

American homicide victim. On July 11, 1999, this attractive teacher went cycling on Cape Cod; when she returned to her car parked near the Sagamore Rotary in Bourne, MA, her car wouldn’t start. She called the American Automobile Association (AAA) and her mother. When the towing company from AAA couldn’t take her car to Boston for several hours, she accepted a ride from a man who had waited with her, and, with a last phone call at 8:22 PM to her mother, went missing. She was found dead on July 19, 1999, and, in 2003, her parents brought suit against AAA, charging that they did not live up to their advertisements in assisting Melissa in a timely fashion. AAA lawyers defended themselves saying that the family should have done more to help Melissa, including advising her against taking a ride with a stranger. A private settlement was reached on September 10, 2003. Shortly before her death, Gosule had been diagnosed with lupus. Read less