Melvin Henry Ignatow (March 26, 1938 – September 1, 2008) was a resident of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., who murdered his former girlfriend, Brenda Sue Schaefer, in 1988.
The case was controversial because Ignatow was acquitted of the charge, but photographs proving his guilt were uncovered after the trial.
Under the legal principle of double jeopardy, however, Ignatow could not be tried a second time for the murder.
He was, instead, convicted and jailed for several instances of perjury in his grand jury testimony for the case.