The our bodies of a lacking mom and daughter are believed to have been present in a rural space in Washington state after the pair disappeared over per week in the past, authorities stated Wednesday.
Meshay Melendez, 27, and her 7-year-old daughter, Layla Stewart, had been final seen on the morning of March 12 in Vancouver, Washington.
Wednesday, at round 9:40 a.m., a driver in Washougal reported recognizing what seemed to be two “life-sized mannequins” simply off a roadway and down an embankment beneath thick brush, the Clark County Sheriff’s Workplace stated. Deputies responded and located two useless our bodies.
Investigators stated the our bodies could also be associated to Melendez and Layla. A medical expert is working to find out the reason for loss of life.
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Meshay Melendez, 27, and her 7-year-old daughter, Layla Stewart, had been final seen on March 12. Authorities imagine their our bodies had been discovered Tuesday. (Vancouver Police Division)
Melendez’s car was found on Sunday, a brief distance away from the place she and her daughter had been final seen per week earlier, the Vancouver Police Division stated.
Police stated {that a} car belonging to Meshay Melendez was discovered Sunday, per week after she and her daughter disappeared, close to the place they had been final seen. (Vancouver Police Division)
Detectives recognized a person named Kirkland Warren as an individual of curiosity within the mom and daughter’s disappearance. Police stated investigators imagine he was the final individual with the pair earlier than they disappeared.
The our bodies of Layla Stewart and her mom had been believed to be discovered after driver noticed what seemed to be two “life-sized mannequins” off a roadway in Washougal, Washington, authorities stated. (Vancouver Police Division)
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Warren was arrested Sunday for tampering with a witness, violation of home violence order, by which Melendez was the listed protected individual, and illegal possession of a firearm II, police stated.
Officers had been working to find out a reason for loss of life of Layla Stewart and her mom. (Vancouver Police Division)
He was being held on the Clark County Jail on a $1 million bond.
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Warren additionally faces fees in an unrelated 2017 homicide in Jefferson County, Arkansas, KOMO Information reported.
Vancouver, Washington, is positioned about 17 miles west of Washougal.
