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Melissa Moore

Case from Dayton, OH dated Sep 12, 2009

Victim Details

Melissa Moore

February 11, 2022

Female

Caucasian / White

Dayton

OH

2009-09-12

2009-09-12

Melissa

Moore

No

07/05/2026


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On September 12, 2009, Melissa Ann Moore, a 27-year-old resident of Troy, Ohio, was found dead in Dayton. Her body was discovered by city workers in an open field located at 1820 N. Gettysburg Avenue, a site used as a city-owned yard-waste dump. Melissa had been shot multiple times, and her body was in a decomposed state, indicating she had been there for some time before being found. Investigators believe she may have been running from someone along nearby train tracks when she was killed. Howe ...
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