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It's when they checked this place out.

That's when they actually had to call in for a search warrant.

So they must have seen something at the time that said,

we need to take a further look into this residence.

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You're listening to The Daily Crime.

For 18 days in February and March of this year, police in Ohio were searching for 33-year-old Melinda Davis.

Then a citizen called in with a tip.

They got a tip from a citizen in that area and acted on it.

I'm joined by Clay Gordon, anchor and reporter with 10 TV in Columbus, Ohio.

Clay, first off, tell me about Melinda Davis.

What do we know about her life before she went missing?

Hey, Reed, thanks for having me.

Unfortunately, the sad truth here is we don't know much.

We were giving a description from police

that, you know, she's five feet tall. She's white, brown hair, brown eyes. From a few pictures that

they release, she's got some tattoos on her arms, on her wrist. And that's really it. We

have done a couple searches on her. We just have addresses.

Besides that, we don't know much about who Melinda Davis was.

So walk me through what happened then on February 25th, this past February, what Melinda's

day looked like, at least as far as we knew at the time? Shelby Police told us that they got a call around just afternoon that a 33-year-old

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