TX TX - Melissa Garrett, 49, Ingleside, 31 AUG 2017

[chuckfinley]

Melissa Garrett talked to family the day before Harvey hit. She was staying with her boyfriend. She has not been heard from since. Contact Ingleside Police 361-776-2531

Ingleside police continue search for woman missing since Hurricane Harvey

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

this was over 2 years ago... info in article - too much to share here... very odd

 

[Gardener1850]

Melissa had been added to NAMUS: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact August 31, 2017
NamUs Case Created December 10, 2019
Last Known Location Map
Location Ingleside, Texas 78362
CountySan Patricio County

Circumstances of Disappearance
Last seen in Ingleisde, Texas on August 31, 2017 wearing a red long sleeve top and shorts. Last seen pulling a brown suitcase.

(I will ask the mods to move this thread to the missing discussion forum as she does not have a thread there).

 

[UncoolNegated]

I think the last-seen date is actually September 1st, 2017 as per the news source.

Melissa Garrett -- Missing Since August 31st, 2017

 

[UncoolNegated]

I tried talking to someone who knew the missing person. She wasn't easy to make any sense of. I was trying to clarify the last-seen date which is given as August 24th, August 31st, or September 1st but couldn't get a straight answer on that.

 

[NeverPersonal]

Melissa Rose Ann Garrett – The Charley Project

Many photos here.

Details of Disappearance​

Garrett's family last saw her in Ingleside, Texas on August 24, 2017. This was just before Hurricane Harvey stuck the area. Her boyfriend stated he saw her walking down the street at the corner of Baywood and Port Avenue on September 1. He said she left his house, dragging a brown suitcase. She has never been heard from again.

Garrett's daughter stated she didn't think her mother had the strength to leave her boyfriend's residence with a suitcase, and suggested if she did, she was probably planning to go to her own home a short distance away from his.

Although Garrett has mental health issues and has dropped out of sight before, investigators are concerned that she came to harm, since so long a time has passed since anyone has seen or heard from her. The circumstances of her disappearance are unclear.

Garrett suffers from mental illness and needs medication to control her condition, and she had recently been a patient in a rehab facility. According to her boyfriend, she wasn't taking her medication at the time of her disappearance.

 

[NeverPersonal]

Her bf says in the original posted article that she stayed with him til after the hurricane. Of course, who knows if that's true, but I'm just putting it out there.

 

[NeverPersonal]

Ingleside PD receives new lead in missing persons case | kiiitv.com
6 days ago!

The Ingleside Police Department was on the scene searching a property on Baywood Drive within the city of Ingleside Wednesday evening.

Tammy Burr, Chief of Police for Ingleside, confirmed to 3NEWS that the property was being searched in reference to the 2017 case of a missing person.

"Executed a search warrant at this address. It is in relation to the missing person's case from 2017," Burr said. "It's an ongoing investigation and we are still in the midst of searching, therefore we have no other information to release at this time."

Burr did not specifically state which case it was. However, 3NEWS did confirm that the only missing person's case in Ingleside during 2017, was that of Melissa Garrett, who was last seen during Hurricane Harvey, almost 5 years ago.

Garrett's family say they last saw her on August 24th, the day before Hurricane Harvey hit. Chief Burr said since she took over the chief's job she's been looking into some of the department's unsolved cases and this one was one that called for more action.

Wednesday's investigation focused on an area behind the home.

The department also used hounds to search the area as well.

The police chief could not say if anything was discovered during the search but said she would provide an update in the days ahead.

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Interesting comments from family - 2021

 

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[Pennysmom1]

Melissa Rose Ann Garrett – The Charley Project

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Garrett, circa 2017

• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Graying brown hair, brown/hazel eyes. At the time of her disappearance, Garrett's hair was cut shorter than in the photographs above.