Diana Rodriguez-Martin, 43, was last seen at her Brooklyn home in January 2017 and was reported missing by her family in February after she missed a doctor’s appointment and could not be reached. At the time she disappeared she was reportedly wearing a dark blue pea coat, a dark sweater, black boots, and blue jeans. Her husband, Phillip Martin, initially told family she had packed a bag, taken the dog, and left around January 16, but family members found his accounts inconsistent.

Police noted a long history of domestic incidents between the couple, including mutual arrests and multiple calls to the residence for domestic violence dating back to 2008. After Martin was arrested on February 16, 2017, he admitted killing Diana, saying he struck her in the throat, kept her body in the living room for about a week, dismembered her with a hammer and a handsaw, and disposed of her remains in a dumpster on Bedford Avenue. Her remains have never been recovered. Martin was charged with murder and concealment of a human corpse; he later pleaded to manslaughter and was sentenced in February 2018 to 10 years in prison.

Did anyone in the community have contact with Diana in January 2017 or see anything unusual near the couple’s home or Bedford Avenue dumpster around that time?