A harrowing week-long search ended when Dr. Melanie Nadler Litt — a Marietta, Georgia dentist reported missing — was located safe. But despite that fact, her husband has now alleged that the case is far from over.
Dr. Litt, who practices in Cobb County and lives in Marietta near Atlanta, was last seen on Monday, October 13, 2025. The following morning, she failed to report to the Family Dentistry at Seven Hills office where she worked. Coworkers called the police, and investigators conducted a welfare check at her home, where they found her phone inside the residence, but her wallet and car were missing.
Litt’s husband — identified in some reports only as Mr. Litt (no first name disclosed) or on social media as “Lesley”— was out of state at the time and is the one who initially filed the missing-person report. Litt’s adult child was away at school when she vanished.
What happened to Dr. Litt?
Amid the search, investigators found Litt’s vehicle abandoned behind a business off Barrett Parkway in Cobb County, where Marietta is located. On Sunday, October 19, the Cobb County Police Department announced Dr. Litt had been located. Her discovery came after a former patient, a man named Billy Robertson, spotted her outside the Town Center Mall in Marietta and called 911. He recognised her from years earlier when she removed his wisdom teeth. Police stated there was no indication of foul play in her disappearance…