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Melissa Ortiz-Rodriguez, 31, disappeared from her Collingdale, Pennsylvania home in the spring of 2013. She was last seen April 19, 2013, when she planned to take a train to Newark, New Jersey to spend the weekend with a friend; she never arrived and all contact stopped. Her estranged husband, Jose Rodriguez, reported her missing on April 23. Melissa was a mother of two and was due to start a new job the Monday after she vanished.

Investigators found a troubled domestic history: police had been called to the home for disputes, Melissa had sought a protection-from-abuse order in February 2013 but withdrew it, and family said she had discovered Jose fathered a child with another woman and wanted a divorce. Authorities noted inconsistencies in Jose Rodriguez’s statements, cellphone data placing him at home when he said he was at work, reports that he told neighbors Melissa had been found, and that he checked out cleaning supplies from his employer the weekend she disappeared. Melissa has never been located and foul play is suspected.

If anyone knew Melissa, her routines, or saw anything in Collingdale or on the train routes around April 19, 2013, please share information with the Collingdale Police Department.