Melinda Superville

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Police Search For Missing Doctor
Husband Believes Wife Abducted As She Walked Home

POSTED: 8:57 am CST December 5, 2005

HOUSTON -- Houston police are searching for a local doctor who has been missing for more than three days, KPRC Local 2 reported Sunday.

Dr. Melinda Superville, 43, was last seen leaving her chiropractic office on Antoine Drive near Hempstead Highway in northwest Houston on Friday.

Superville's husband, Thomas, found her keys hanging from the front door of her office hours later and believes she might have been abducted while walking to her home a block away.

"I should have heard from her by now. It's not in her nature, something has happened to her, and the only thing I can think is somebody has abducted her," Thomas Superville told KPRC Local 2. "She's my world. I've asked everybody I can, 'What do you do?' Nobody has any answers."

The Supervilles have a 2-year-old son, Tommy, who still does not know his mother is missing.

"At this point, luckily he hasn't realized that mommy is not there," Thomas Superville said.

Thomas Superville said his wife left her purse at home Friday morning and that she doesn't have any credit cards or a cell phone with her.

Anyone with information should call the Houston Police Department's Missing Persons Unit at [phone].

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A Houston mother has now been missing for several days.

It's believed the last place she was seen was the chiropractic clinic she and her husband run in the 2000 block of Antoine.

Police said they do not think that she left on her own.

It's unusual for someone to disappear in broad daylight on a busy street.

But that's what police believe may have happened in northwest Houston.



Dr. Tom Superville has not seen his wife since last Friday.

It is the fourth night that Dr. Melinda Superville has been missing.

The chiropractor was last seen Friday afternoon outside the office she shares with her husband in northwest Houston.

"She's a warm caring mother, we have a loving relationship. She loves her son dearly. This is totally uncharacteristic of Melinda," said her husband, Dr. Tom Superville.

Their 2-and-a half-year-old son doesn't know yet that his mother is missing

Dr. Superville has waited with family in Bellaire and fears the worst.

"She's got her finger on the pulse of that baby all the time. And for all this time to go by, it's my opinion someone must have snatched her," he said.

The Supervilles live just around the corner from the office. Melinda Superville often walked to work.

Her keys were found dangling in the clinic door.



Melinda Superville's keys were found dangling in the door.

Sources in the Houston police department said they do suspect foul play.

"They searched the house, they searched the office, they searched the garage … and nothing," Dr. Superville says.

The Supervilles met in college and have been together 20 years.

"Anybody that has seen anything, ya'll can help reunite my family. I mean it's such a tragedy. I don't know what to do," Dr. Superville said.

There doesn't seem to be a clue as to what happened.

Dr. Superville said he's offered to take a polygraph test, but so far investigators haven't scheduled one.

Tuesday, the family will hand out more flyers in their quest to find out what happened.

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Authorities Treating Doctor's Disappearance As Homicide
Husband Offers $10,000 Reward For Info That Leads To Arrest, Conviction

POSTED: 6:17 pm CST December 6, 2005
UPDATED: 6:29 pm CST December 6, 2005

HOUSTON -- The search for a missing chiropractor and mother of a 2-year-old boy intensified Tuesday when her husband offered a reward for information in her disappearance, which police are now treating as a homicide, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Dr. Thomas Superville last saw his wife, Melinda, walking to their chiropractic office in the 2000 block of Antoine Drive near Hempstead Highway in northwest Houston on Friday.

The husband told investigators he found his wife's keys hanging from the front door of their office hours later and believes she might have been abducted while walking to her home a block away.

Melinda Superville's mother, Betty Breaz, said she is relying on her church for support and remains optimistic that her daughter will be found.

"I can't go there because this is too repulsive, too sorrowful. It is just so depleting of my spirit," Breaz told KPRC Local 2. "If it was at all possible to reach us, Melinda would have called somebody and let us know that she was OK … maybe not tell us where she was, but she would tell us she was OK because she loves us so much."

Family and friends have posted fliers throughout Houston with hope they will generate leads.

St. Justin Martyr Catholic Church Rev. Tom Rafferty said the parish is in pain.

"The history of cases like this is that some turn out well, some people are found, some are not. We want to keep our hopes up but we will always, no matter what the circumstances are, we are going to trust in God," Rafferty said.

The church is planning on holding a candlelight vigil for Melinda Superville on Sunday.

Superville was last seen wearing a red shirt, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

Thomas Superville is offering a $10,000 reward for any information about his wife's disappearance.

Anyone with information should call the Houston Police Department's Missing Persons Unit at [phone] or Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS.

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Candlelight Vigil To Be Held For Missing Chiropractor
Husband Says Police Treating Disappearance As Homicide

POSTED: 9:40 am CST December 8, 2005
UPDATED: 12:19 pm CST December 8, 2005

HOUSTON -- Family and friends of a missing chiropractor will gather together Thursday night for a candlelight vigil.

The vigil for Dr. Melinda Superville will be held at 7 p.m. at St. Justin Martyr Catholic Community church, located at 13350 Ashford Point Drive.

Texas EquuSearch volunteers searching for Superville, the mother of a 2-year-old son, have posted flyers near her northwest Houston office and home on Antoine Drive near Hempstead Highway.

Superville was last seen Friday at 1 p.m. wearing a red shirt, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

The 43-year-old woman is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs about 125 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes.

Dr. Thomas Superville told KPRC Local 2 that police are treating his wife's disappearance as a homicide. He is offering a $10,000 reward for any information about his wife's disappearance.

Anyone with information should call the Houston Police Department's Missing Persons Unit at [phone] or Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS.