Melody Sasser biography: 13 things about Knoxville, Tennessee woman

Melody Sasser is an American woman from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. She worked as an environmental compliance specialist and is a former employee of the Pilot Flying J truck stop chain.

Who is Melody Sasser?

In 2020, Sasser met David Wallace, a retired Department of Energy emergency manager, through Match.com before he married Jennifer Wallace. Sasser and David became hiking friends in Knoxville before he moved to Prattville, Alabama, USA.

In the fall of 2022, Sasser allegedly traveled to Wallace’s residence in Prattville after he told her he was engaged to Jennifer Wallace, who later beca. She allegedly told him she hoped he and his then fiancee both “fall off a cliff and die”.

Aside from Knoxville, Sasser has lived in other parts of Tennessee including Maryville and Nashville. She previously lived in Hamilton, Alabama and Willow Wood, Ohio, USA.

Moreover, Sasser has lived in different parts of Vermont, USA including Colchester and Essex Junction. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. Throughout 2020, she and Wallace hike together often in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
2. On November 9, 2022, her 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe was clocked in the immediate vicinity of Jennifer’s office.
3. On November 14, 2022, her 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe was clocked again in the immediate vicinity of Jennifer’s office.
4. From December 31, 2022 through April 2023, she allegedly contacted a dark web hosted site known as the Online Killers Market for the purpose of hiring a hitman to murder Jennifer.
5. On January 11, 2023, she submitted a murder order to the Online Killers Market.
6. On April 27, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security was notified about the hit she placed on Jennifer.
7. On May 11, 2023, U.S. Magistrate Judge Honorable Debra C. Poplin signed a criminal complaint against her.
8. On May 18, 2023, she was arrested.
9. On June 7, 2023, a federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a one-count indictment against her for use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire.
10. On June 21, 2023, she was arraigned in federal court.
11. In November 2023, she pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of murder for hire.
12. In February 2024, she turned 48.
13. On September 18, 2024, U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Varlan sentenced her to 100 months in prison, which will be followed by a supervised release for three years, and ordered her to pay over $5,389.31 in restitution to her victim.