Melody Morrison Wilson Landers...lies, theft and marriage

Once we were settled in San Miguel de Allende, my fears of not having a safe home to exist in diminished quite a bit. I felt safe but I still desperately missed my children. Kevin continued playing his hateful games and using the children as pawns to try to control me and destroy my inner peace. Some days were better than others. Months had passed and John and I started to make friends and get ourselves acclimated in our new environment. Our fears of the constant threats from Kevin and his sister Kelly did not affect us like they had in the prior months. We started to realize that alot of lies and intimidation was their way of trying to put fear in our plan to try to recreate our lives away from their evil ways.
We would occasionally get anonymous phone calls where the person would just sit on the other end of the phone. I knew in my heart that it was Kevin. I usually would hang up on him, but a few times I would try to talk to him but he would always hang up. One day, John got a phone call from a so called FBI agent but Melody’s voice was unmistakable so John would ask Melody to stop calling and he would hang up.  It was very odd and disturbing to me that Kevin tried to alienate me and forced me out of our children’s lives, yet he could not let me go. The late night hang ups, mysterious callers, and hateful emails he would send, sent a clear message. He was still stalking me all the way in Mexico. Kevin & Melody would call our home continuously and tell me and John how miserable we (me & John) were…very crazy childish calls. Kevin continues to have a need to control me and I dare say in his weird, abusive way, he still loves me.

Although Kevin has always initiated contact with me, he chose to file a restraining order in an effort to have me cease contacting him. Kevin did not succeed in a restraining order but per El Paso County, Co the Judge issued a No-Contact Order which means we are not allowed contact with each other. I was pleased and relieved to concede to the order initiated by LTC. Kevin Paul Landers Sr. The only contact we needed should have been for our children’s sake. But, since Kevin refuses to have contact with me & 3 of our 4 children, then why wouldn’t I concede to his request?  I do not want any contact with Kevin or Melody. Yet, they still legally contact me through our children, friends and family (Refer to my blog entry Abusers Censorship request denied by El Paso County).

Stalking Defined: A pattern of repeated and unwanted attention, contact, harassment, or any other action directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear.

October 2006 had been over 1 full year since my children had been forced to return to their father. I had not spoken to or seen my children in so long. I was trying to recreate my life and trying to let go of all the hate and insanities I had been dealing with concerning Kevin and Melody. One fall afternoon, life threw me an unexpected twist and the insight I experienced was unforgettable. I have learned since this incident that not all can be trusted even if their voice is soothing and their actions seem Christ-like.  Evil lurks in mysterious places especially when your spirit is wounded and depressed. This is the time when the devil knows your weak spots and will use people that are ungodly to do his dirty work. My trusting spirit, trusted once again, and the devastation that one woman tried to inflict was unforgivable. I was allowing a demon into my life and with my blinded faith that her intentions were full of kindness; I learned real fast that her intentions were not driven by compassion but by hate for me and her hate for my children. I opened my heart to Melody Wilson Landers because she seduced me with her manipulative words of peace and love for my children.  Melody was not an angel sent by God but a messenger sent with evil intentions. A liar; a serpent; a hater; a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. (Matthew 7:15)

Let me explain-
One day, late October of 2006, John handed the phone to me. I asked who it was. He said-It’s Melody. I just looked at him and said in a whisper-What does she want with me? John shrugged and said-“Maybe It’s about one of your kids.” My heart sank. I hoped that one of my babies was not in trouble. I slowly grabbed the phone, cleared my throat, and said-“Hello?”

After every other conversation being profanity, anger, childishness and hate, surprisingly Melody was very pleasant. It jolted me. I was very confused by her unexpected kindness. The first thing she did was to reassure me that my children were ok and still with their father. She told me she was calling because her and Kevin had broken up (they started dating in May 2005) and that she knew that I would want to hear about my kids. She did tell me however to never mention our conversation as Kevin did not know about her phone call. My mind was reeling. I was cautious with Melody at first but I was also elated. I truly thought that her kindness was a God send and I was so grateful to be able to have some type of connection to my children.  

Melody told me that my girls M and A were doing great. M was doing well in soccer had a boyfriend and A was a cheerleader. She told me that my son K was doing awesome playing his guitar and that he was still in a band and that J was making straight A’s in school. She told me that my children missed me very much and that Kevin, their father, was very mean and controlling to them and that is why she left Kevin. She said that Kevin had forbid the children from speaking my name, “your mother is dead”. She told me how Kevin would find items of mine that the kids had hidden as a reminder of me, “he finds them and destroys them in front of the kids”. Melody told how Kevin had gotten mad at her and during a physical fight Kyle was “bumped on accident” and fell down the stairway. Melody said that Kevin had a pornography surfing problem and was mad because Melody refused to “do his crazy sex stuff”.  Melody said that she and Kevin fought all the time and that he had been abusive to her so that is why she was calling me. I asked her if she was safe and where she was living. She told me she had an apartment on the other side of town in Fayetteville, NC and that her and Kyle were both safe from Kevin’s actions. She told me she felt bad for leaving my children with Kevin but that she had to protect her and Kyle and that she still had contact with my kids. Right then I should have known that something was wrong with Melody’s story. Let me explain. If Melody truly left Kevin because they fought all the time and he was abusive to her, Kevin would not have allowed Melody contact with the children. Just the way Kevin did with me. It’s his control to use the kids as pawns. But, I did not catch the lie back then as well as all the other lies told about how wonderful my kids were doing. Now back to the story.
Over a period of 4 months, Melody called us consistently almost every day.  She would share with me about men that she had been dating. One man she claimed was a man named Bobby. Melody spoke of how excited she was that he was rich and had proposed marriage to her. She was not sure she wanted to marry him because her family would not approve of him being black. Then there was another guy named Tommy. She sent us pictures of Tommy with Kyle at Christmas time and would tell me how much better the sex was with Tommy than with Bobby and both being better than Kevin. There were times when Melody would go off on these stories that I knew she was being vindictive towards Kevin but listened as I did enjoy receiving current pictures of my children along with hearing their voice when Melody would leave her phone off the hook in their presence aka “butt dials”.   Melody shared pictures of the kids with me and would continue to tell me how wonderful they were doing and although it saddened me that my kids were thriving without me, I was grateful that they were safe and happy. Later however, I found out that all of melody’s stories of ‘happy kids” were all lies. Melody told me how wonderfully close she was with her daughter Kayla. That Kayla would write to her everyday and always tell her how much she loved her and missed her. I envied Melody’s story of her bond with her daughter, until I found out the truth about Melody and her daughter. (Kayla has chosen to not speak to her Mom in over 6yrs now) Melody and I would be on the phone for hours some days as she would share with me all the hateful things Kevin would say to her and how he would degrade Kyle. I truly felt sorry for Melody as I knew how Kevin could be with his anger. She would leave messages for me and John and she would be crying begging us to call her back ASAP because Kevin was being hateful again. Some days she would be a wreck and then other days she would be extremely happy. I knew that Melody had some emotional problems and John and I both agreed that she may be manic Depressive but that didn’t bother me. She was my only connection to my kids so I continued contact with her even though Melody could be very draining with her behaviors. Then her behavior became more erratic and I started to get concerned with what my children had to deal with in addition to their father.  Later I will blog how truly unstable Melody’s behavior was and continues to be to this very day.

Melody called me late one morning and she told me that Kevin had been stalking her for some time. According to Melody, Kevin would follow her all over town and then he would just sit in her apartment parking lot. She explained that Kevin would call and leave hateful, degrading voicemails, and that he threatened to kill her. Melody proceeded to tell me that she had a date with her “black boyfriend” as Melody referred to Bobby. She said that Kevin had followed her and Bobby all over town during their date nights.  She said that she went back to her apartment with Bobby and that Kevin started pounding on the door and screaming obscenities like:

“I’m gonna fuck you.” “You are such a slut” “You’re a fucking whore” “I’m going to kill Kyle” 

I believed Kevin was capable of saying all these things as he would say them to me all the time. But then she told me that Kevin said, “I know that nigger is in there with you and I’m gonna break down this fucking door.” I honestly caught my breath. At that moment I questioned whether Melody was lying to me or not. As much as Kevin is a hateful man, neither John nor I had ever known of Kevin Landers to use racial slurs. NEVER.  I started to question Melody’s reliability. Melody then told me she had to call the police and that the police did come. She said that the police officers were buddies of hers and they were aware of Kevin’s prior restraining order (the one I filed) so they came and sat Kevin down and had a talk with him. Then according to Melody, her and Bobby agreed not to have Kevin arrested so the police escorted Kevin home and told Melody to file a restraining order. I was so drained from everything Melody had told me. I was not sure what to believe. Even though Kevin is an abusive man, her story was not adding up to total truths. I asked Melody if she was going to file the restraining order and according to a voice mail recoding I posted on my YouTube
(please view: Melody laughs about her restrain order against LTC Landers )Melody does state in the beginning that 4 police officers were “kicked back” in her apartment and at time frame 1:22 that she did file a restraining order. When you continue to listen to the end of the sound bite video, Kevin did have to go to court and she laughs about it. Having said this, my gut feeling is that Melody is a liar about most of this and the only one that can dispute her is LTC Kevin Paul Landers, Sr. or Bobby (if he even exists).

As Melody continued to call us, I became more hesitant with her. She did share pictures of the kids with me and their MySpace’s. Melody would often ask to speak with John and was obsessed with him referring to me by a pet name that she started using with Kevin and continues to do so to this day- just strange.  She also shared pictures of John’s children with him and legal documents.  Refer to my YouTube video(please view: Melody receives Kelly Baker-Barnes bracelet, gifts, money and legal documents  )These are just a few voice mails that I have posted as I have several more. I also have phone records dated back to 2005 that can dispute Melody’s claim that she never called us. I will produce them if necessary. However, if you know Melody, she has an unmistakable voice.

Christmas 2006 was a month away and Melody had told John and me that if we wanted to buy gifts for our children and send them to her, she would wrap them and send them from her home in Fayetteville, NC.  John and I were willing to risk this with Melody because the mail system in Mexico is extremely risky during the Holiday season. So we could send the gifts early and then Melody could distribute them in a timely manner.  Our children never received any of our gifts as we found out months later. As a matter of fact, John had purchased a silver bracelet for his children’s mother as a gift from the kid’s per his oldest son Nathan’s request. This bracelet had 5 silver rings (representing 5 children). Since my girls have joined me in Mexico, they have seen the bracelet at local merchants and commented “Melody had that bracelet” (wow, they didn’t even know the story). Please note that John has spoken with Nathan on a daily basis since we arrived in Mexico in 2006. During this Christmas time, John had shared with Nathan that Melody was speaking to John and that gifts were being sent. John paid money to have a miniature Carolina Panther helmet autographed by Julius Peppers and given to Nathan. John told Nathan all the items that were to arrive to the 4 children, his mom and Nathan. Interestingly enough, the week before Christmas, Melody said Kelly (Nathan’s mom) wanted Melody to get Nathan the same helmet that had been autographed. So, come Christmas time, Nathan received the helmet from his mom and no one received other gifts. Melody had stolen them. On some of the voice messages, Melody confirms receiving and mailing the gifts. She claims she did send the gifts but that Kelly refused the children their gifts…John does not believe Melody. Hopefully some child or organization received South American/Mexico soccer balls, caps, wallets and PESOS; shirts, dress, etc. Melody is the true Grinch. Melody through her lying and theft exposed her true self to Nathan. He is aware of who this evil woman is and avoids her to this day. So, once I started to realize that Melody had lied about some things, I had to only conclude that she lied about most things.

The man, who lies to the world, is the world’s slave from then on…There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all.”~Ayn Rand

I decided to stay in touch with Melody, but I did not trust a word she told me anymore. I used her to try to gain access to my children. Melody knew that John and I were going to a time share in Mazatlan (a Mexican beach on the coast) for our Christmas vacation. It was strange to John and I that Melody kept trying to convince us to get married on the beach. John and I played along with Melody and told her that were going to be married over Christmas. Unknown to Melody, John and I had no intentions on getting married.  Once again, John and I started to realize that Melody had evil motives all along and we became very cautious in our conversations with her.

After our trip to Mazatlan ended in early January 2007, Melody had left several voice mails congratulating us newlyweds.?!  I returned her calls. She told me that she and Kevin were back together and that he had proposed to her. She appeared to want me to congratulate her and to be happy for her…it was all very strange. She asked me what I thought and I struggled to find the words. Here is a woman that just told me weeks prior that Kevin was verbally and physically abusive to her. That Kevin degraded Kyle’s existence. That she had filed a restraining order against Kevin because of his stalking and now she was asking for my approval? WOW Melody? I knew then that these last few months were based on lies, and manipulations. That Melody was toying with me to try to hurt me deeper than I had already been hurt by using my children to gain access to my life. That Melody wanted John and I to get married so she could convince Kevin to marry her. Kevin still called me often and I think Melody knew he would never marry as long as I was single. It made sense that Melody would manipulate Kevin into proposing to her. Melody even later boasted how she knew I was lying about not being married to John because she had the “certificate”. It would appear Melody produced a false John/Catherine marriage document in an effort to “free Kevin from me”? What a sick basis for a marriage.  Melody was and still is a pathological liar that will continue to be one as long as she can get away with it. I was at a loss for words. I said to Melody, “I hope he doesn’t abuse you. Be very cautious with his intentions. Keep your eyes wide open”.  I still however, chose to stay in contact with Melody because she was the only connection I had to my babies.

One day, I decided to go against Melody’s request to not contact my children on MySpace. I did send a message to Megan, Amanda, and Melody’s daughter-Kayla. It was a message of how I was glad that the 3 of them were bonding.  I was not prepared for the backlash I got from Melody. She called me screaming and cursing telling me that I went against her and betrayed her by contacting my daughters and her 16 year old daughter Kayla.  Melody literally was in a psychotic state of mind on the phone and as much as I tried to calm her down, she would not. She ended our conversation with lewd remarks and obscenities which forced me to hang up on her.  Over this 4 month period, Melody never kept her promise of having my children speak to me.  Not only were my children being parented by a hateful father, they were now going to have to contend with a hateful, lying, manipulative wife of their father.  My determination to reach my children became even greater and I was not going to quit until I made a connection again.

Please stay with me as I eventually do make contact with my kids but not without a lot of obstacles, pains, and heart wrenching trials. Not only had I survived my abuser and was free from him but now I had to free my children from the clutches of their hateful guardians.  I also had to survive a wound that raised its ugly head from abuses inflicted by Kevin for many years. This wound has a name-Epilepsy.

“Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it; there is no way of life.”~Angelina Jolie

Rest…Return…Regroup