Laura Garza Body Found

Laura Garza’s disappearance in December, 2008, piqued the curiosity of many in the U.S. and Mexico. The petite and beautiful Mexico native was last seen leaving the trendy, albeit infamous Marquee nightclub in Manhattan, N.Y.

Surveillance tapes show Laura Garza dancing for about an hour with a 23-year-old Michael Mele. She is seen voluntarily leaving the bar with Mele and another young man at 4:00 am and has not been seen since December 3, 2008

Sixteen months after she disappeared during a night out in New York City, the remains of missing woman Laura Garza were found near Scranton, Pennsylvania.

25-year-old Garza was last seen with 24-year-old Michael Melee in Newburgh, NY after leaving the Marquee nightclub in Chelsea on December 3rd, 2008. Melee, a convicted sex offender, was later spotted with visible bruises and scratches, and police say the young man refused to cooperate with the investigation into Garza’s disappearance. Skeletal remains were found on April 11th in a field in Olyphant, Pennsylvania.

When Ms. Garza disappeared, her family from Texas came to Pennsylvania, helping cops look for her. Cops were looking in several locations for her - all to no avail.

Her body was discovered April 11 in Mt. Cobb, Pennsylvania; but it wasn’t until today that cops confirmed the remains are indeed hers.

New York police has a suspect, Michael Mele who is the last person Laura Garza was spotted with.