The case took another unusual twist about five years ago, when Melody discovered her mom's boyfriend was being held in a California Prison. She cannot recall the exact charges but said she believes they had to do with an armed robbery.
"He never once contacted us to tell us that our mom was not with him," Melody said. "Why didn't he say, 'where's my old lady, where's your mom?'"
According to Melody, an officer in California questioned her mom's ex-boyfriend but he claimed to have no knowledge of what happened to her.
"The officer in California who questioned him told me he is convinced this guy did something to both my mom and my uncle," Melody said. "He gave my local police department permission to come down there and question the guy but they said they did not have the money. I offered to buy the plane tickets myself but they would not take me up on the offer."
The boyfriend was paroled from prison two years ago and to date Illinois investigators have yet to question him.
"Getting the cops to do something is like pulling teeth," Melody said. "I've been the detective on this case for a long time. Two plus two equals four and if the police had done their job they would have had this case solved a long time ago. To know that the cops are not doing anything is frustrating. They take more interest in an animal stuck in a tree than a missing person. We know my mother is not alive, we just want to put her to rest whatever way we can."
When asked what she would like to say to her mother, Melody responded:
"I love and miss you so much. I am still looking for you all these years later and will continue to look for you until I find you. You have a beautiful family that is still hopeful. We will do whatever we can to keep your memory alive."
Yesterday, Investigation Discovery contacted East St. Louis police Capt. Lenzie Stewart and asked him if he could provide any information on the case. Stewart had this to say:
"At this particular time we don't have very much going for that. We have elicited the Illinois State Police to help us … What has happened there is we have got DNA from the family members and we are trying to run that through our database to see if we get any pop-ups on any Jane Does we have found … I am not actively investigating the case and cannot answer any further questions at this time."
Stewart referred further questions to the investigator who is handling the case for the Illinois State Police; however that investigator was unavailable for comment.
Cynthia Louise Day, nickname "Peaches," would be 55-years-old today. She is described as a white female, 5'2" tall, 125 lbs., with blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a hysterectomy scar and is missing an eye tooth on the left side. Anyone with information is asked to call the East St. Louis Police Department (Case # ES-04-06787) at 618-482-6724 or the Illinois State Police at 618-346-3781.
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