Hello everyone, and welcome back to A Voice for the Missing. My name is Grace. If you would like to submit a case for me, please go to avoiceforthemissing.net and click the Case Submissions link. This week's episode is on the disappearance of Maria Nina Miller. It's a cold case mystery 12 years in the making, the disappearance of a Bradford County woman. Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public's help to solve the missing person's case as they held a press conference Wednesday morning regarding the investigation of 34 -year-old Maria Miller, who disappeared in February of 2011.
On Monday, FBI Pittsburg, PSP, and the West Virginia State Police announced that they are offering a $7,000 reward for anyone with information on the disappearance of Maria Nina Miller. State police believe that someone out there has information that can lead to some answers in the disappearance of Maria Miller. Miller's husband told Eyewitness News he has no idea what happened to Maria. Miller has been missing since 2011 and was last seen at Dandy Mini Mart on Route 6 in Wysox, PA, where she worked. Investigators say she was last seen on the night of February 4 into the early morning hours of February 5. She told co-workers she was going with her husband to visit family in West Virginia. "She was to return to work on the night of February 7 for her midnight shift into February 8. She never returned to work," said Trooper Miranda Musick, PSP Towanda.
Investigators say the case has never been closed, and on Wednesday, they reached out to the public. Troopers stated Miller is from the Philippines and married her husband Kenneth Miller when they met during his deployment with the United State Army. In early 2000, Miller moved with her husband to West Virginia, then in 2010, the two moved to Towanda. "We believe there are people with important information relevant to the case, and we ask them to reach out. We do not believe that maria left on her own, and there is someone who knows what happened," Trooper Musick explained. Troopers urge anyone with information, no matter how insignificant they think it might be, to come forward. "We are asking the public for assistance. There is a total reward of $7,000 for information that will result in an arrest or pertinent information in finding Maria," added Trooper Musick.
"I did nothing wrong. I had nothing to do with her disappearance. I understand that the police have to look at me as a suspect, but I have nothing to hide. I don't know where she is." Maria's ex-husband Kenneth Miller said. In the early days of the investigation, Miller told Eyewitness News that his vehicle was searched and his cell phone records were seized. Miller says he is her ex-husband after going to court to dissolve the marriage. Troopers said they could not comment on whether he is indeed a suspect in the case. The FBI Pittsburgh field office, Pennsylvania State Police, and West Virginia State Police hope to find answers to the disappearance of Maria Nina Miller of Towanda, who was 34 when she was last seen on February 5, 2011. According to Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers, Miller was born in the Philippines and moved to the United States with her husband, Kenneth Miller, who was in the U.S. Army at the time.
I don't know what happened to Mrs. Miller, but I, unfortunately, don't believe that she is alive after all these years. Sadly, she came to the United States for a better life, but she disappeared soon after and was never seen or heard from again. If the ex-husband is responsible for her sudden disappearance, please do the right thing by coming forward so that Maria's family can finally have closure. According to my research for this case, Mrs. Miller is a kind and hardworking woman. If Maria's family ever watches this, please know that you are all in my prayers. Until next week, God bless and be kind to one another.