On Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, Melanie Morat, 30, was charged in the murder of Vito Maglio. The criminal complaint, obtained by NBC10 on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, includes a detailed timeline on the 12-year investigation into Maglio’s disappearance and murder, as well as what led to Morat's arrest. According to the witness, Morat described the incident as a robbery gone wrong and said that Maglio was shot and killed in the process. Despite these developments, Maglio’s murder remained unsolved for a decade. They determined that Morat’s boyfriend at the time of Maglio’s murder lived about two blocks away from where the GMC Yukon was discovered on fire.