It should have been a time of celebration. Melissa Lamesch, a 27-year-old EMT, was just two days away from giving birth to her baby boy. Instead, her home in Mt. Morris, Illinois, was engulfed in flames on Thanksgiving Eve. First responders treated the scene as a terrible accident, but the medical examiner soon delivered a shock: Melissa had died before the fire even began. 
That truth exposed a dark motive, one rooted in a secret relationship and the imminent arrival of a child the father did not want.
Join Jen and Cam as they discuss "The Deadline: Melissa Lamesch."

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Sources:
<a href="https://people.com/melissa-lamesch-death-people-magazine-investigates-8766788">https://people.com/melissa-lamesch-death-people-magazine-investigates-8766788</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta0IUWG5Zss">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta0IUWG5Zss</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZVCTWFkR90">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZVCTWFkR90</a>
<a href="https://www.finchfuneral.com/obituaries/melissa-lamesch">https://www.finchfuneral.com/obituaries/melissa-lamesch</a>
<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/277013872/melissa-deanne-lamesch">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/277013872/melissa-deanne-lamesch</a>
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/melissa-lamesch-matthew-plote-illinois-firefighter-accused-of-staging-house-fire-to-cover-up-murder-48-hours/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/melissa-lamesch-matthew-plote-illinois-firefighter-accused-of-staging-house-fire-to-cover-up-murder-48-hours/</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/696991681/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22">https://www.newspapers.com/image/696991681/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/697561140/?match=1&clipping_id=182247891">https://www.newspapers.com/image/697561140/?match=1&clipping_id=182247891</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/697561135/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22">https://www.newspapers.com/image/697561135/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/700693973/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20obituary">https://www.newspapers.com/image/700693973/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20obituary</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/824364094/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/824364094/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a> (Plote arrest)
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/825964251/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/825964251/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/894952081/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/894952081/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/831529455/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/831529455/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/831529533/?terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/831529533/?terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/824453855/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/824453855/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/839290648/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/839290648/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/833170919/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/833170919/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/1024379826/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/1024379826/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/959058622/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/959058622/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/1021227602/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/1021227602/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/1021227580/?terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/1021227580/?terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/1057262119/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/1057262119/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/1147080532/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/1147080532/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/1144701359/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/1144701359/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a>
<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/1092816504/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20">https://www.newspapers.com/image/1092816504/?match=1&terms=%22Melissa%20Lamesch%22%20</a> (guilty)
People Magazine Investigates: Season 8 Episode 11 Inferno of Lies (I watched it on HBO)
<a href="https://www.wifr.com/2024/03/22/she-said-shed-call-me-right-back-plote-trial-gains-powerful-witness-testimonies/">https://www.wifr.com/2024/03/22/she-said-she'd-call-me-right-back-plote-trial-gains-powerful-witness-testimonies/</a>
<a href="https://thecinemaholic.com/melissa-lamesch-family/">https://thecinemaholic.com/melissa-lamesch-family/</a> info on parents and siblings
<a href="https://thecinemaholic.com/matthew-plote/">https://thecinemaholic.com/matthew-plote/</a>





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