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Peter Vasquez

Peter Vasquez

Host and producer of The Next Steps Show, a Rochester-based radio program on faith, politics, and entrepreneurship. Military veteran and servant leader.

Jun 30, 2026

Murder, She Told

Murder, She Told

The Unsolved Murder of Nereida 'Nettie' Melendez

Jun 30 · 44m

Doris Martinez
Doris MartinezGUEST
30:13
I'm still to this day the same way.
Peter Vasquez
Peter VasquezGUEST
30:15
It affected us.
Peter Vasquez
Peter VasquezGUEST
30:17
It still affects us all these years.
Peter Vasquez
Peter VasquezGUEST
30:19
Our family's never been the same since.
Peter Vasquez
Peter VasquezGUEST
30:22
My mother, even to this day, is a shell of herself.
Peter Vasquez
Peter VasquezGUEST
30:25
Yeah, you know, she laughs and, you know, but you could tell she isn't our mother that used to be.
Peter Vasquez
Peter VasquezGUEST
30:32
You know what I mean? She was always happy and everyone would want to come over our house before all this happened.

5 MINS LATER

Kristen Seavey
Kristen SeaveyHOST
36:08
In 2019, Nettie's sister-in-law, Margie Vasquez, shared that police had told her that DNA had been found and a person of interest identified.

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