Charlotte has had her hands in a lot of dirt throughout Rosewood. She was a evil mastermind and a force to be reckoned with. I’m sure a lot of characters wanted her dead, but who could outsmart our Evil Queen, enough to kill her?



My top suspect for Charlotte and possibly Mrs. Dilaurentis’ killer is Melissa Hastings.

Let’s look at some clues.

We were first led to believe that Big A killed Jessica to cover up hitting Alison with the rock based on this email:

However, seeing how far Jessica goes to protect her children–I’m pretty sure she wasn’t going to turn Charlotte in, no matter what. So who was she actually sending this email to? I think it was actually meant to be sent to Peter Hastings.

In 4x24, Peter asked Jessica, “Do we still have an understanding”. This is referencing to Jessica, that she needs to keep her mouth shut about Spencer. Jessica replied, “I just found out my daughter is still alive, that’s all I’m thinking about.”

So was Jessica going to spill the beans about Spencer (after finding out the girl in the grave wasn’t actually her daughter and that Spencer may have killed Bethany)? If so why would Melissa be the one to kill Jessica?

If there is one thing consistent about Melissa, she does ANYTHING to protect herself and her family –especially Spencer.

Towards the end of that episode, Melissa reveals to her father–that she was the one, who killed Bethany, by burying her alive.



She would not let her sister go down for a murder she didn’t commit. It’s just not the Hastings’ way.



She even told the cops, “I’ve always looked out for my sister. So when I ran into her boyfriend in London and he said that she missed me. I decided to come home.”

If she didn’t kill Jessica, then it had to be Peter Hastings.

Now let’s cover some of the “A” things Melissa was involved in.

First, let’s touch upon Melissa on the Halloween Train as the second Queen of Hearts.



What did CeCe have on Melissa and Wilden to force them to do stuff for her?

Remember Wilden received messages from CeCe.

Maybe Melissa did too?

We know Melissa thought Alison was alive. Jenna, Shana, and Melissa were all interested in who the girls were going to meet at the lodge, suspecting it was Alison–admitted in 4x04.

When Alison was revealed to be alive, some were not happy about it (Melissa, Mona, Lucas, etc) because they thought she was A. Let’s not forget Melissa showed up at Mona’s army meeting to take down Alison.

Melissa probably thought Alison was “A” all this time and was devastated when she found it was actually her Cape May friend CeCe.

Let’s get into some clues from 6b hinting towards Melissa’s involvement.

First, the weapon used to killed Charlotte matches up with the handle on Melissa’s suitcase.

Of course, her suitcase happens to be broke. Which led viewers to think this was a red herring. However, she lied about how her suitcase was broken. Why would you lie about that, unless you did something wrong?

Not only did she lie about her suitcase being broke, Melissa lied about when she arrived in Rosewood. This is confirmed twice. First, when Caleb asks her about a sports game. Second, Damien the reporter told Emily that he knows she was in Rosewood, before she admits.

Also, whoever killed Charlotte likely would have had access to Spencer’s paper. They copied the murder almost exactly. Why did Spencer have to be the one to write the paper out of all the girls? Probably, so we could connect it to Melissa.

Additionally, Peter tells Spencer that Melissa went back to London and that Melissa was being blackmailed by someone because of her murdering Bethany Young.

I think her biggest motivation for running out of town is because the liars were onto her, and she’d rather be gone before they figure it out.

Lastly, Melissa may have motive to get revenge on CeCe for being “A”, as well as her believing that CeCe broke her and Wren up–based on CeCe calling Wren.

Melissa has killed once, I’m sure she’s willing to do it again. I wouldn’t be surprised if Peter and Melissa had a hand in killing Jessica. Those two are awfully close.

She didn’t come back to Rosewood for nothing though right? The police told Alison, Charlotte’s murder was violent. And one thing I do know for certain, Melissa has an explosive & violent temper.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

