Hello all!
I’m new to the online sleuthing community so bear with me as I’ve always been a lurker, never a commenter. I’m hoping I may have found a potential match and I decided to become a member to join this thread. First, let me give a little background on myself. I’ve frequently done deep dives on missing and unidentified persons cases. It’s a passion I’ve carried for decades now. I’m a native Arizonan and have been watching Tempe Girl 2002’s case pretty much from her discovery. Looking at her case, I never believed her to be Native American. I am a registered tribal member and know it to be very unusual for a Native to speak fluent Spanish. Also, AZ in general is a hub for immigrants coming in from south of the border. For these reasons, I’ve always truly believed she was an undocumented immigrant and IF (more on that later) she was never reported missing it could be a possibility that her family feared deportation. Now that it's been over 20 years since Tempe Girl 2002 has been unidentified, I’ve always kept her in mind when browsing through missing persons cases. So, just last week, I was passing time and came upon a missing persons report out of Mexico. As soon as I saw her picture, I immediately thought of Tempe Girl. Then, as I was reading the very few details in her missing persons report, it was so apparent that she could very possibly be a match. Age, timeline, height, ethnicity, physical resemblance and even geographical area seem to align. I’ve never felt so strongly about a possible match before. So much so that I emailed every agency involved in Tempe Girl’s case, including the DDP. I’ve only received one response and it was relayed to me that the UP and MP have never been compared. I responded that I hope to be kept up to date on any info, if possible, but it’s been crickets since then. I’m very hopeful that this could be the match. Now back to Tempe Girl, I’ve come to some possibilities on why it’s been thought she was “not” reported missing. If this MP left “willingly” (unlikely due to age) or was kidnapped/sex trafficked and brought to the US and then found deceased, the perpetrator would not report her disappearance. BUT maybe her family DID report her missing and because it was in another country it was never connected! I’ve decided to keep the MP’s name private for now and will update if I hear anything back from any agencies on a comparison or rule out. I hope my long rant makes sense! Fingers crossed!