''It was early in the morning on September 23, 2005, when 31-year-old Mayvette Monzon returned from work to the home she shared with her mother, something she had done many times before. A popular nightclub bartender, she worked late hours at the Fever Nightclub on Church Street in New Westminster, Cheer’s Pub on 70th Avenue in Delta, Capital Nightclub on Elmbridge Way in Richmond and Barcode on West Broadway in Vancouver.
But this time, Mayvette would be ambushed, by someone police believe was following her or lying in wait. She was shot and killed as she sat in her car parked right in front of her house in the 1400 block of West 53rd Avenue at Granville Street.
It’s been almost ten years since Mayvette’s murder now. Her large extended family, her many friends, and the close-knit Filipino community were devastated and are still looking for answers.
Maria Franco, Mayvette’s sister, remembers her zest for life, and her generous nature and spirit. “She was a friend to everyone.”
While Mayvette did have relationships with people associated with gangs and drugs, the motive for her murder is still not clear. Investigators have received anonymous information about people who may have been involved, but no one has yet come forward and revealed the killer’s identity.''
May 31, 2007 rbbm
''The family of Mayvette Monzon, 31, who was killed the night
she was working at the Cheers nightclub in Delta, has added $3,000 to the reward money.
Homicide Det. Ken Nixon said Monzon was popular with her clientele, which included criminals and gang members who followed her to various bars across the Lower Mainland.
He said he hopes someone will come forward with information about her death in September 2005.
"We think that it's likely the murder was planned, and we believe that it's likely there was a number of people who are aware of how it occurred and who have other significant details.
"So, we'd be appealing to someone in that group who has perhaps a change of heart or who has just realized it's time to come forward."
Nixon says there's no indication Monzon herself was involved in crime.''
2014
For nine long years, Juliet Andalis has been waiting for justice for her murdered daughter Mayvette. More recently, she has felt overlooked by police as her…
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Juliet Andalis, with daughter Maria Franco, want justice for slain daughter and sister Mayvette Monzon
Now the anguished retired nurse and community activist has one wish:
“Whoever knows anything — I am begging you whoever you are, please come forward and say something,” Andalis said in a recent interview, her voice breaking.
“Don’t you know I have been in agony until now? Just come forward — I beg of you before I die. I don’t want to die without closure for my daughter.”
At first, both women were confident someone would be arrested. P
olice inquired about Mayvette’s many suitors — including a boyfriend who called the night before she died, delayed on a trip back from Nigeria.
There was another who had wanted to marry Mayvette, but was still in the process of divorcing his wife.
Then there were the patrons at the bar where she worked, who loved the vivacious, attractive young woman and were constantly pursuing her.
Did Mayvette get unwittingly caught in a criminal scheme of one of her customers? Did she learn something too dangerous to know?''