The Vancouver Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing woman and her 8-year-old daughter. Meshay Melendez and her 8-year-old daughter, Layla Stewart, were last seen in the early morning hours of March 12 in the 7700 block of Vancouver Mall Drive. A vehicle believed to belong to Melendez was located nearby March 19. Melendez is 5 feeet, 9 inches tall, 185 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. Layla is about 4 feet tall, 50 pounds and has brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information about Melendez and/or Stewart’s whereabouts should contact Detective Robert Givens at robert.givens@cityofvancouver.us or Detective Chadd Nolan at chadd.nolan@cityofvancouver.us — or call 911.