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New Mexico family on their way to Arizona found safe, police say

Police say Melody Vieux sent a text message on Aug. 27 to family saying they were on a backroad in Gallup, New Mexico and her boyfriend was striking her.
Credit: Albuquerque PD

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A family that left New Mexico on their way to Arizona is now safe after being reported missing, the Albuquerque Police Department says.

According to APD, the family was located safe in the Phoenix area Sunday.

Police say Melody Vieux and her 5-year-old and 1-year-old daughters as well as her boyfriend, Stephen Tilden left Albuquerque in a 1999 gray Chevy van with an Arizona plate No. CNM9186 on Aug. 25. 

The vehicle was stopped on Aug. 26 by Laguna Police near the Dancing Eagle Travel Center, but that was the last time the vehicle was seen before Sunday.

According to police, Melody Vieux sent a text message on Aug. 27 to family members saying they were on a backroad in Gallup, New Mexico and her boyfriend, Tilden, was striking her.

She said in the text that she kept trying to walk away with her daughters but Tilden kept pushing her.

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