Meshay Melendez, 27, and her 7-year-old daughter were last seen in the early morning hours of March 12, 2023, in Vancouver, Washington, with her ex-boyfriend, Kirkland C. Warren. Family became concerned after a missed regular video chat; a welfare check on March 18 found Melendez’s apartment empty except for her dog. An acquaintance reported seeing Melendez in Warren’s car that morning and said Warren later picked up the child from her home and drove away — the last confirmed sighting of mother and daughter.

On March 22 a passerby found two bodies down an embankment in thick brush near Washougal; they were initially mistaken for mannequins. The Clark County Medical Examiner determined both had died from gunshot wounds to the head and ruled the deaths homicides. Warren had been identified as a person of interest, was arrested March 19 on unrelated charges, and investigators reported finding blood evidence and a .22 caliber pistol in his vehicle.

Did anyone in the Vancouver or Washougal area know Meshay, her daughter, or their routines in March 2023 and have information that could help clarify what happened?