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Jun 21, 2008 12:44 pm US/Eastern

Weymouth Family Holds Out Hope For Missing Woman

Reporting
Bill Shields
WEYMOUTH (WBZ) ― Eight years after Debra Melo went missing, her family holds out hope that she will be found.

It's a cold case that has frustrated police for years. Melo was last seen on June 20, 2000. Her husband, Luis Melo, claims the couple had a fight, and that he let her out of the car on Route 18. He told police when he went back, she was no where to be found.

"My sister has just disappeared off the face of the earth," said Debra's brother, Rich Whalley. "We're no farther than day 1."

"(Luis) said to me that he killed her," said Debra's mother, Marilyn Gagne. "Yes, he did."

Police never charged Luis Melo.

Each year, Debra's family goes out along Route 18, holding missing posters signs.

"The purpose is to keep her name out there, to let people know Debra is still out there and she's still missing," Rich Whalley said.

"Without closure, we're going to do this every year to let everybody know she's not found yet," said Debra's sister in law, Robin Whalley.

Investigators have conducted searches in Weymouth and in Taunton. They are not calling her disappearance a cold case, saying that every piece of new information is being looked into.

Her family has also hired a private eye to search Massassoit State Park.

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