The Disappearance of Melissa Ann Montoya: New Mexico, Part 4

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🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We continue our coverage of the disappearance of Melissa Ann Montoya. On St. Patrick’s Day 2001, 42-year-old Melissa Montoya joined her loved ones at the Apache House of Liquor in Dulce, New Mexico—a town located in the Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation. It was the last time that her friends and family ever saw her. Since then, lawyer and advocate Darlene Gomez has been fighting alongside her family for justice for Melissa--and for resolution in her case.

Season 19 focuses on New Mexico and on the cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons/Missing/ Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIP/MMIWR) whose loved ones are still fighting for resolution in their cases.

Darlene Gomez’s nonprofit: https://www.mmiwr.org/

Angels’ Voices Silenced No More: https://www.angelsvoicesnm.org/

Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST:

https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/

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0:00.0	This is the second episode in a two-part series and the second story in a larger season.
0:05.0	This season covers cases in New Mexico.
0:07.5	All season we're supporting the New Mexico nonprofit.
0:10.5	Angels Voices Silence No More.
0:12.6	Please, be sure to listen through the end of the episode
0:15.2	for more information.
0:16.4	This series discusses alleged intimate partner violence.
0:19.9	If you're in need of resources,
0:21.5	please reach out to 800 799 safe or the Hotline.org.
0:27.0	This is the fall line.
0:35.0	Last time, he brought you the story of Melissa Ann Montoya, who grew up in Dulce, New Mexico.
0:42.0	It's a town in the north central part of the state,
0:45.0	located on the reservation of the Hickory-A-Patchi Nation.
0:48.0	According to the Ten Tribes Partnership, the Hickory-A-Patchi Nation Reservation, quote, ranges from high desert at the south
0:55.1	boundary to mountainous areas reaching over 11,400 feet in elevation in the north.
1:01.1	That northern boundary meets Colorado, and in the last few years before she
1:05.5	disappeared Melissa Montoya was living there 30 minutes over the state line and
1:10.0	farther from friends and family than she ever had been.
1:13.0	According to her cousin, Melody Gomez, and family friend Darlene Gomez,
1:17.2	who also shared an aunt with Melissa.
1:19.2	Melissa was resourceful and kind. They described her to us as tough, someone who handled
1:24.5	ranch work easily and was self-sufficient and strong-willed. She'd grown up in a
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