Post by Scumhunter on Jun 9, 2015 6:21:37 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: amw.com archives)
Fugitive Profile as of June 9th, 2015: (based on 2006 AMW archive, Butler County Sheriff's Office website)
Full Name: Melvin Ramon Mejia
Aliases: Antonio Alberto Gil
Sex: Male
Race: Hispanic
Age Now: 47-49
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 170 - 200 lbs.
Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Black, Keeps his hair very short, Usually has a mustache.
Eyes (Color and Correction): Brown
Traits & Habits:
-Honduran national
-Speaks broken English, with a thick accent
-Speaks Spanish fluently
-Known to drink Corona beers
-Likes to wear his collar up on golf shirts
-May wear his baseball cap backwards
-Cops say he is armed and dangerous.
Possible Locations:
-Biloxi, MS
-Memphis, TN
-Honduras
-National
-Houston, TX
-Southeast, USA
-Southwest, USA
-TX
-Dallas, TX
-Police believe Mejia has headed south, possibly in a black Toyota Camry with Ohio tags.
Who to contact if you've seen him: Butler County Sheriff's Office: www.butlersheriff.org/general-info/contact-us/submit-crime-tips/
Melvin Mejia has been wanted by West Chester, Ohio police for nearly a decade. He was aired on the November 4th, 2006 episode of America's Most Wanted. Below is the archive description of his alleged crime:
Husband Charged In Wife's Murder
Authorities in West Chester, Ohio, say that Melvin Mejia stabbed and killed his wife, Jackelin Romero, on September 23rd, 2006.
Police discovered Jackelin's body after she was reported missing. Cops did a wellness checkup and found the 24-year-old mother dead in her apartment.
Eyewitnesses told investigators that Mejia came to the apartment on Saturday. Those same witnesses said they heard arguing at around 10 pm. Police say that some time later Mejia killed the mother of his five-year-old daughter. They say she suffered multiple stab wounds and ultimately bled to death.
Deportation Overlooked
The killing followed several police-documented events, including a June 24th domestic disturbance call that landed Mejia in jail for three days. Jackelin was allegedly injured in the thumb and head during a confrontation with her husband.
Cops charged Mejia with domestic violence and issued a temporary protective order designed to keep Mejia away from Jackelin. Additionally, the court forbade him from carrying any deadly weapons. However, when it was time to appear in court, Jackelin was unwilling to testify against her husband.
Police say that at that point Mejia, who is in the United States illegally, should have been deported to his home country of Honduras. But, they say, Mejia slipped through the cracks and Jackelin paid the ultimate price.
Mejia Is Missing And So Is The Camry...
Investigators believe Mejia fled after killing Jackelin on that Saturday, the 23rd of September. They think he may be headed south and specifically could be in Memphis, Tennessee or Biloxi, Mississippi where he has family. Police say Mejia has previously used the alias Antonio Gil and they fear he may be trying that name again or creating a whole new identity.
Cops believe Mejia hit the road in a Toyota Camry they have not recovered. They say the car is a black, 1998 four-door with five-spoked wheels and plastic covering the sunroof. The car has Ohio plates, DKE-8742.
Thoughts? With it now being nine years later, I think it's a safe bet Mejia is no longer driving that Camry. I am also assuming Mejia is at large since I couldn't find him in an inmate search system and don't see any articles about his capture. If anyone has proof otherwise, feel free to let us know.
This case really pisses me off. Not only does he not care about his wife, but he knows he has a 5-year old daughter and if he kills her she loses both parents, and he still allegedly stabs her to death? It's the epitome of narcissism and selfishness. What bothers me even more is Mejia possibly hiding south where he "has family." Although family hiding a fugitive is always a possibility with any fugitive, it still bothers me that a guy can allegedly violently stab his wife to death and there are possibly people ok with him getting away with it. Why I on rare occasions but very few and far between see a case where a family member calls the cops and say "Hey, yeah, my fugitive brother/cousin/nephew etc. wanted to hide at my place, but I'm not ok with what he did and/or but I think he needs to take responsibility and defend himself in court, come get him." is beyond me. I do stress I am not accusing family of hiding him, but it does bother me if that possibility manifested itself.
Of course, Honduras is a possibility as well. Unfortunately, the odds aren't as good, although at least Honduras has been extraditing some fugitives, albeit mainly drug traffickers.
web.archive.org/web/20061021004145/http://www2.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=41050
UPDATE: I no longer see Mejia listed on the Butler County Sheriff's Office website. As far as I can tell, he is still wanted as of this update (7/21/2018), since I could find nothing online that suggests otherwise. However, if anyone has any updates/proof-of-updates one way or the other, they are always more than welcome to let us know.
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