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Updated 01/04/2009 01:52 PM

Missing Woman's Family Holds Vigil At Manhattan Club

By: NY1 News

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Family and friends of a missing Brooklyn woman gathered for a vigil Saturday night at the Manhattan nightclub where she was last seen one month ago.

Laura Garza, 35, disappeared a month ago after leaving the Marquee in Chelsea on December 3.

The vigil was scheduled outside the club for 6 p.m.

Another vigil was held earlier in the week outside the Orange County apartment of Michael Mele, the registered sex offender Garza was last seen with when she left the club with him.

Mele was being held in an Orange County jail Saturday on an unrelated probation violation.

As of Saturday night, he was not been charged in Garza's disappearance but was called a person of interest in the case.

Meanwhile, a reward in the case has been increased to $15,500.

Rockland County jeweler Barry Fixler added $10,000 of his own money in hopes of getting a tip.

The reward is in addition to the money already being offered by advocacy group Emergency Rights.