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Melanie Colon

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated May 12, 2012

Victim Details

Melanie Colon

March 28, 2022

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Philadelphia

PA

2012-05-12

2012-05-12

22

Melanie

Colon

07/16/2026


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In the spring of 2012, a 22-year-old woman from Philadelphia, Melanie Colon, vanished, leaving her family in a state of desperate uncertainty. The young mother was last seen on the evening of May 8th, getting into a car with a 41-year-old acquaintance, Reynaldo Torres. This departure would be the last time her loved ones saw her alive. Days later, on May 12th, a passerby made a grim discovery in the Juniata Park section of the city. Behind an apartment building, lay the body of Melanie Colon. An ...
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