<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3pWJf5_0lqfOsOL00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3pWJf5_0lqfOsOL00" width="1320" height="740" ></figure><p>PORTLAND, Ore. — A private funeral will be held next week for the Vancouver mother and daughter who were murdered last month.</p><p>Meshay Melendez, 27, and her 7-year-old daughter Layla Stewart will be buried on Wednesday, April 19.</p><p>They will be laid to rest together in one casket, according to the National Women’s Coalition Against Violence &amp; Exploitation. The funeral will be private - and is not open to the public.</p><p>Police have charged the ex-boyfriend of Melendez with the murders of the mother and daughter. He is due back in court on Monday.</p></div></body>

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Funeral planned for slain Vancouver mother, her child

PORTLAND, Ore. — A private funeral will be held next week for the Vancouver mother and daughter who were murdered last month. Meshay Melendez, 27, and her 7-year-old daughter Layla Stewart will be buried on Wednesday, April 19. They will be laid to rest together in one casket, according...