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Bail for Michael Mele, a convicted sex offender, was raised to $150,000, as he remains the sole suspect in the disappearance of Laura Garza. Garza, a Brooklyn resident who had recently moved from Texas, was last seen in a SUV with Mele, who she apparently met at Marquee nightclub last Wednesday. Mele's friend told state police he last saw the Mele and Garza in a McDonald's parking lot in Newburgh. The Daily News reports that the state police are also trying to use Mele's cellphone records to "trace his steps...When a cell phone is on, it frequently 'pings' off the closest tower, and that information can be used to create a road map of the user's movements." Mele's lawyer points out that his client hasn't been charged in Garza's disappearance, in spite of the police searching his apartment and finding blood in his car (Mele is being held on a probation violation).
Bail Tripled for Suspect in Brooklyn Woman's Disappearance
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They should set bail as two balls and a scrotum for scum like Mele.
If you look at the photos of the victims brother its odd how much he resembles the suspect.
why can't they charge him? i thought they found blood in his SUV?
he is gross. once he gets to jail i hope there is some serious poetic justice.
"why can't they charge him? "
No hurry. If they charge him, they have six days from the date of his arraignment to get an indictment; otherwise they have to let him go.
Thanks to the probation violation, there's no reason to rush to get in front of a grand jury. They can take time to develop as much evidence as possible, increasing the chances of success.
If nothing else, perhaps a few young women will realize there are a lot of creeps and psychos out there and be more careful when clubbing. Leaving a club with a stranger no matter how charming and attractive at 4 am is a very bad idea.
As a student in New Paltz, I find myself intensely disturbed by the frequency of such incidents around my area. The suspect looks like any random guy I'd see around the bar.
The incident is so tragic and frightening. I saw her parents on the news and they were just sobbing. It breaks my heart.
...in spite of the police searching his apartment and finding blood in his car...
That cuz she can't be found, dip shit. When they find her body the DNA will prove it all. I'm sure they're checking dental records as we write to see if those bite marks on his body match her jaw.
to #6:
I never used to be this way up there. I used to be in NP all the time and until recently, NP has lowered its standards... A damn shame.
The thing is, it's not illegal to have bloodstains in your car. It's not illegal to clean your apartment with bleach, or to rip out parts of your carpet. It's not illegal to dig through a dumpster or to call a friend and say "hey, if the police happen to call you, don't say anything."
Put together, all that stuff looks incriminating, sure. But so far it's not enough to get a conviction on any criminal charges, and not even for an indictment.
If not for the parole violation, he'd be walking around free -- or maybe would have skipped by now. Again, the fact that they can hold them on that means there's no reason to worry about charging him with anything else as the investigation proceeds. They even moved him closer, so he's conveniently located when the time does come.
[5] Indeed. I hope stories like this give people real pause. It is a damn shame that this young woman's bad decision (one that tons have made before her) appears to have ended to tragically.
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