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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

A woman disappeared without a trace 23 years ago. But a new ‘significant’ tip is giving her friends hope

Melissa Montoya disappeared after a night out in Dulce, New Mexico on March 9, 2001 - (Supplied)

For more than two decades, there has been little movement in the case of a missingNew Mexico woman who vanished from her hometown – but a recent search has attracted long-awaited attention and sparked new tips, including one that investigators say is “pretty good.”

Melissa Montoya was 42 years old when she went missing on March 9, 2001, after a night out in Dulce, New Mexico, on the Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation.

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