DALLAS — Friends and family are desperately searching for Melody Johnson, 30. She vanished Wednesday, Nov. 7 from her Dallas apartment in the 11500 block of Ferguson Road.
Her roommate reported her missing to police the next day.
Norma Patterson last saw Johnson on her laptop in her bedroom around 11 a.m. at their apartment last Wednesday. Patterson left, then returned about an hour later, and Johnson was gone.
Patterson believes she left through a window in her bedroom. Someone later returned Johnson's cell phone to Patterson, which they said was found nearby. "We don't know where you are, we don't know if you're alive, we're not hearing anything," cried Patterson.
Patterson has been leaving notes in Johnson's room, in hopes she will come back. Johnson's family said she has a history of mental illness. This isn't the first time she's disappeared, but she's never been gone this long.
"I need someone to help me find her," said Patterson. "She's lost out there, I feel like."
The Chicago native has no family in North Texas, but she has plenty of close friends. "She always keeps all of us in a good mood, she's always hugging us when she walks in the door," said Stephanie Bush, manager at MiniLuxe in North Park Center, where Johnson has worked for nearly three years.
Bush printed out dozens of flyers alerting people about Johnson's disappearance. "I think she's out there, I think we need to get the word out, so that we can bring her home," said Bush.
Coworkers knew something was wrong when Johnson didn't show up Thursday, because she's always on time or early. Family members are preparing to visit Dallas to help with the search.
If you have any information, call Det. Rodriguez at the Dallas Police Department at 214-671-4249.