$13K Reward Offered For Information In Case Of Melanie Meleney Who Disappeared From Glen Burnie
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) -- Officials are offering a $13,000 reward for information in the case of a Glen Burnie woman who went missing last year and whose partial remains were later found along the shores of Marley Creek.
Melanie Meleney had last been seen on October 12, 2018. Eleven days later, a passerby discovered human remains behind Good Sheppard Church in Glen Burnie.
Those remains were later identified as Meleney's.
"We need them to speak up because Melanie needs justice," Willa Dixon, a friend of Meleney, said.
With little information over a year later, her daughter said it's been a very painful time for her family.
"The longer I go on not knowing anything, or just not hearing anything at all, it helps me cope," Elizabeth Meleney, Melanie Meleney's daughter, said. "But at the same time, it makes me feel like nothing is going to happen."
Anne Arundel County Police still consider this a missing person case and are offering $10,000 for information in this case.
Meleney's family is providing a $1,000 reward for her return, and Metro Crime Stoppers is offering an additional $2,000 reward.
Investigators hope this will help solve the case.
"A year has gone by, if anyone involved in the case has had a change of heart, we ask them to reach out to us," Marc Limansky, of the Anne Arundel County Police Department, said.
Family and friends are hoping for the same thing.
"We're hoping and praying that somebody will just let us know what happened," Dixon said.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-222-4731, the anonymous TipLine at 410-222-4700 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.
