VANCOUVER Wash. (KPTV) – The Vancouver Police Department says the ex-boyfriend of a Vancouver woman has been charged with her and her daughter’s death. The mother, 27-year-old Meshay Melendez, and her 7-year-old daughter, Layla Stewart, were last seen on the morning of March 12. A car that police believe belonged to Melendez was found a short distance from the 7700 block of Vancouver Mall Drive on March 19.