AZ Adela Guzman-Mendoza, 45, Tucson, 20 Sept 2010

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https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/12700?nav



Adela Guzman-Mendoza
Missing Person / NamUs #MP12700
Female, Multiple

Date of Last Contact: September 20, 2010
Missing From: Tucson, Arizona

Missing Age: 45 Years
Current Age: 56 Years

Height: 5' 0" - 5' 5" (60 - 65 Inches)
Weight: 115 - 150 lbs
Race / Ethnicity
White / Caucasian, Hispanic / Latino
Hair Color: Brown
Head Hair Description: shoulder length
Eye Color: Brown

Last Known Location
Tucson, Arizona 85704
County: Pima County

Circumstances of Disappearance
Adela left work around 0830 due to not feeling well. She had to take 2 city buses in order to get home and neither had operational video cameras. Her cell phone last registered off of a tower on the opposite side of town from where she lived.

Transportation Notes
Took city busses to and from work.

NamUs Case Created: October 17, 2011

 

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Adela Guzman-Mendoza – The Charley Project


Adela Guzman-Mendoza, circa 2010

Missing Since: 09/20/2010
Missing From: Tucson, Arizona
Classification: Endangered Missing
Sex: Female
Race: Hispanic
Age: 45 years old
Height and Weight:
5'0 - 5'5, 115 - 140 pounds

Medical Conditions
Guzman-Mendoza has several unspecified medical conditions, including diabetes. She requires medication which she doesn't have with her.

Distinguishing Characteristics
Hispanic female. Brown hair, brown/green eyes.

Details of Disappearance
Guzman-Mendoza was last seen in Tucson, Arizona on September 20, 2010. She left her job at the Mountain Oyster Club, a private dining club, in the vicinity of Speedway and Wilmot, at 8:30 a.m., just half an hour into her shift.

She said she was felt sick and was going home. She normally took two buses to get between work and her home in the area of Ruthrauff and Interstate 10.

Guzman-Mendoza never arrived home and has never been heard from again. Authorities determined she did board the first bus, and that morning her cellular phone pinged off a tower at Curtis and Kain, about a quarter of a mile from home. This was the last sign of her.

According to her family, Guzman-Mendoza is a devoted mother and a hard worker who would not have walked out of her life. She isn't married, wasn't dating anyone at the time of her disappearance and has no history of mental illness. She was close to her family and friends, was involved in her church, and was also looking forward to the birth of her first grandchild.

Since she went missing, Guzman-Mendoza hasn't accessed her bank account or refilled her prescriptions. Because of her state of health and the circumstances of her disappearance, her loved ones fear for her safety, and the police suspect foul play was involved in her case.

Her case remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Pima County Sheriff's Office 520-351-4900

 

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Tucson's Most Wanted: finding Adela Guzman Mendoza
Adela got sick and asked to go home. But her family happened to be home that day around the time she should have returned.
Though, for whatever reason, Adela never made it back.

People in this article have such nice things to say about her. I hope her family will get answers.

Authorities, family seek help in missing woman case
A follow-up from 2011.

 

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Bumping up for Adela.

 

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Could someone please list her known exclusions? IMO most likely something unfortunately happened to her in Tucson that day.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

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@Caring1 Does she have any exclusions in NamUs? I wonder if she could have had a medical episode due to diabetes and wandered into the desert? Though I wonder why Charley Project suspects foul play.

 

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@Caring1 Does she have any exclusions in NamUs? I wonder if she could have had a medical episode due to diabetes and wandered into the desert? Though I wonder why Charley Project suspects foul play.

Unfortunately, only one auto rule out.

 

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I found one Doe in Tucson that can't be ruled-out by estimated PMI, etc. (Thought there would be more!)

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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