Summary based on the NamUs case record (MP145114)
Monica V. Monroe, a 52-year-old woman originally from Sweden, was last seen on June 16, 1998, in Miami Beach, Florida. Standing 5'8" tall and weighing approximately 115 pounds, Monroe had blonde hair and hazel eyes, and her ears were pierced. That morning, she spoke with her family at 10:00 a.m., and by 1:30 p.m., she was observed driving her white 1984 Chevrolet Camaro out of her apartment building's parking lot. She has not been heard from since.
On the same day of her disappearance, two friends from her apartment complex received their door keys back in the mail. Additionally, her mother in Sweden received a package containing Monroe's jewelry and a note stating, "By the time you receive this letter, I will be dead and gone. I can't cope." When Monroe's adult son visited her apartment on Venetian Drive on June 18, he found her checkbook, deposit slips, and credit cards neatly arranged on a table, with nothing missing.
Further investigation revealed that Monroe had sold her husband's car and managed her financial affairs with her bank on June 15, the day before her disappearance. Her husband, who was undergoing radiation treatment for metastatic lung cancer diagnosed in May 1998, recalled that during their final conversation, she cried and expressed that she loved him but couldn't handle his illness.
On June 27, Monroe's Camaro was discovered in the Bill Baggs State Recreation Area on Key Biscayne, containing five boxes of Kleenex. There was no sign of Monroe, and no one reported seeing her at the park. Both her husband and the police theorized that she was so distressed by his terminal diagnosis that she may have taken her own life by walking into the ocean. Despite these theories, Monroe has never been located.
Last Seen: Jun 16, 1998
