Lufkin Crime Stoppers Asks for Help in Death Probe

LUFKIN — Crime Stoppers of Lufkin wants your help bringing to close the seven-month-long investigation into the death of Melodie Fay Sexton, 26, of Groves, Texas. According to KETK, Melodie, “Puff” to family and friends, died Father`s Day 2011 in Lake Charmaine in Tyler County’s Ivanhoe community, about ten miles south of Woodville. At 12:59 p.m. on June 19, Tyler County Sheriff’s Office personnel received a missing person report from Melodie’s family; at that time, the family knew only that she had been missing for approximately twelve hours from the lake house where she and her three-year-old son were spending the weekend. Three hours later, family members found Melodie’s body in the lake, not far from the property’s dock.

While investigators have not uncovered evidence necessary to determine that criminal conduct led to Melodie’s death, Crime Stoppers officials say suspicions remain that it was not the result of an accident. Her family has from the beginning asserted that she was murdered pointing to abnormalities in her alleged actions prior to her death.

If you can provide any information concerning the death of Melodie Fay Sexton, you’re asked to call Crime Stoppers of Lufkin at (936) 639-TIPS or use this link – https://www.tipsubmit.com/webtips.aspx?AgencyID=207&L=E&DSID=207&Memo=Crime%20of%20the%20Week:%201/30/2012%20-%20Melodie%20Fay%20Sexton — to submit an anonymous tip. You never have to give your name and Crime Stoppers may pay a cash reward of up to $2,000 for information that leads to an arrest related to this investigation.