BULLITT, Ky., Jan. 13 The family of a missing Kentucky woman will provide DNA samples to see if she has turned up in a national unidentified body database.
Melisa Maureen Brady-Sloan was 23 when disappeared 14 years ago, about a year after she and her husband John Sloan moved to Orlando, Fla. John Sloan told police his wife left with another man, but her family did not believe she would have left behind her car and her cat, The Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal reported Sunday.
Her Social Security card, credit cards and nursing license have not been used since she went missing, the newspaper said.
John Sloan, who divorced his wife eight months after she disappeared, is remarried and lives in Bellingham, Wash.
The Bradys say they have long held out hope Melisa would return, but more than anything they just want answers. Providing their DNA will allow authorities to ascertain whether any of the unidentified bodies recorded in a national registry is Melisa's.
Orlando police have not ruled out foul play in the disappearance.
Melisa's father, Frank Brady, was killed less than three years before she disappeared.
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