A comprehensive multi-agency search operation continues in Bexar County, Texas for 19-year-old Camila ‘Cami’ Mendoza Olmos, who vanished under mysterious circumstances during her routine morning walk on Christmas Eve. Law enforcement authorities have expressed serious concerns about her immediate safety, suggesting she could be facing ‘imminent danger’ with potential scenarios including kidnapping, human trafficking, or voluntary disappearance.
The disappearance has triggered an extensive response involving local deputies, specialized investigators, search-and-rescue teams, aerial drones, and cadaver dogs. The FBI has joined the investigation, providing additional resources to local authorities. Despite nearly a week of intensive searching, investigators have uncovered minimal evidence beyond a single surveillance video showing a woman matching Mendoza Olmos’s description searching through her vehicle trunk before apparently departing on foot.
Notably, the young woman left behind critical personal items including her mobile phone, raising additional concerns among investigators. Only her car keys and possibly her driver’s license were with her at the time of disappearance. Sheriff Javier Salazar confirmed that immigration authorities have no record of detaining Mendoza Olmos, eliminating one potential explanation for her absence.
The case has drawn emotional responses from family members, with her aunt Nancy Olmos making public appeals on social media: ‘Cami needs us. By the grace of Jesus Christ, we will find you, Cami.’ The investigation remains active with authorities pursuing all possible leads, including the possibility that the case might extend beyond national borders.