A neighbor’s security camera recorded the final known moments of a Texas teenager who mysteriously disappeared on Christmas Eve.
Nineteen-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos was last spotted at 6:58 a.m. on a Wednesday morning, leaving her residence in northwest Bexar County. This area, located on the outskirts of San Antonio, has been identified by officials as a notorious human-trafficking route.
Footage obtained by KENS depicts a figure, believed to be Mendoza Olmos, standing beside her car with its lights on.
The video shows her seemingly searching inside the vehicle for an unknown item, according to investigators. Shortly after, the recording cuts off.
Authorities discovered her car still parked at the house, leading them to suspect she left on foot. Since then, there have been no sightings of her.
Family members revealed that Mendoza Olmos often takes morning walks but always carries her phone—making her abrupt disappearance even more unsettling.
Authorities say the only items Mendoza Olmos is believed to have had with her were her car keys and possibly her driver’s license. Her phone was reportedly turned off and left in her bedroom.
A CLEAR Alert, the statewide system for locating missing and possibly endangered adults, has been issued for the teen as the desperate search continues.
Camila Mendoza Olmos is 19 years old and lives in northwest Bexar County, Texas. She was last seen around 7am on Wednesday, Christmas Eve
Footage from a neighbor’s surveillance camera showed an individual believed to be Mendoza Olmos standing near her vehicle with the lights on. She appeared to search the inside the car for an unidentified item, investigators said. Moments later, the footage ends
Deputies described Mendoza Olmos as 5ft 4in tall, weighing about 110 pounds.
She was last seen wearing a baby blue and black hoodie, baby blue pajama bottoms and white shoes.
Authorities have not shared any evidence of foul play, but the circumstances including her abandoned phone, her sudden disappearance on foot and the lack of any confirmed sightings have fueled growing concern.
The teen’s best friend Camilla Estrella told KSAT how the pair would ‘always be on the phone together when she walks’.
Another close friend, Isabela, described Mendoza Olmos’s behavior as being ‘very out of the normal’.
‘It’s not like her. She’s always been the one to always stalk on us and like, “why aren’t you doing this?” [She would] make sure that her phone’s always charged,’ Isabela added.
The missing woman’s mother Rosario Olmos told KENS that she and her daughter had been sleeping in the same bed early Christmas Eve morning when she felt Mendoza Olmos get up.
About 90 minutes later, Olmos woke up and realized her daughter was gone.
Authorities have not shared any evidence of foul play, but the circumstances including her abandoned phone, her sudden disappearance on foot, and the lack of any confirmed sightings have fueled growing concern
Surveillance footage shows an individual believed to be Camila near her vehicle shortly before she vanished. Pictured, the family car near where she was seen
Family and friends searched nearby areas on Christmas Day but found no sign of the girl
After checking with Camila’s boyfriend, pictured, and her father, both of whom said they had not seen her, mom Rosario contacted the sheriff’s office to report her daughter missing
‘I called her cell phone, but the cell phone was there on the bed and it was turned off,’ Olmos said.
‘I put it to charge and went out to look for her. I thought I would find her like other times, walking, and we would come home together.’
After checking with the teen’s boyfriend and her father, both of whom said they had not seen her, Olmos contacted the sheriff’s office to report her daughter missing.
Family members and friends spent Christmas Day searching the area around the home, but found no sign of the 19-year-old.
‘It is not normal for her to disappear,’ Olmos, adding that she usually knows where her daughter is at all times.
‘I only ask God to please bring her back home,’ she said. ‘Bring her back to me.’
As the search stretched into Christmas Day, Mendoza Olmos’s aunt Nancy Olmos issued an emotional public plea online, urging people to share information and pray for the teen’s safe return.
Her mother, Rosario Olmos said she went searching for her daughter, believing she would find her walking as she had many times before
Camila is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs about 110 pounds
Camila, left, is seen here with Aisley Garcia in a Facebook post asking for her safe return
‘Please help me and my family continue to share this,’ Nancy Olmos wrote. ‘We are still searching for my sweet angel, my niece, Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19 years old.’
She added that her niece had recently been baptized and was deeply religious.
‘She loves God with all her heart, and we are desperately looking for her,’ she wrote.
Acknowledging the timing of the disappearance on one of the year’s most sacred holidays, Olmos appealed directly to families celebrating together.
‘I know many of you are gathered with your children and loved ones this Christmas, opening presents and celebrating together,’ she wrote.
‘As a sister in Christ, I am humbly asking for one special gift this year — in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ please help us by sharing these posts and, most importantly, by lifting Camila up in your prayers.
‘We believe in God’s protection, and we have faith that Camila will come home,’ she added. ‘Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.’
