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Melissa Barto

Case from Butler, PA dated Jun 08, 2017

Victim Details

Melissa Barto

Female

White / Caucasian

Butler

PA

2017-06-08

26

Melissa

Barto

06/22/2026

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Melissa Nicole Barto, a 26-year-old White/Caucasian woman from Butler, Pennsylvania, was last seen alive on June 8, 2017, after leaving her job at Miller's Quality Meats. She was supposed to be at her young daughter's kindergarten graduation that day, but she never arrived. When her family realized she had missed such an important moment, fear quickly replaced confusion, and her mother reported her missing.

Investigators soon focused on Barto's boyfriend, Ishemer Dwayne Ramsey, of Lyndora ...
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  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Police make third arrest in connection with slaying of Butler mother
  • poconorecord.com: Second man charged in connection with missing woman's death
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    I'm deeply saddened by the loss of Melissa Barto, and my heart goes out to her family and friends as... ...Read More
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