Found Deceased TX - Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, last seen on Christmas eve, San Antonio, 24 Dec 2025

[Knox]

BODY CONFIRMED TO BE CAMILA' S. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST

A neighbor’s home security camera shows a person standing outside of Camila’s car on the morning of Dec. 24. BCSO confirmed the person in the video obtained by KSAT is Camila Mendoza Olmos.

Mendoza Olmos was last seen at 6:58 a.m. Wednesday, outside of the family home, in the 11000 block of Caspian Spring in northwest Bexar County.

Camila’s phone and all belongings, except her car key, are still at home, including her car. Her friends said she normally goes on walks, but also said she always has her phone with her.

Her family members drove 17 hours from California to Texas to help search for her along with more than 100 other people, according to Camila’s dad, Alfonso Mendoza.

‘It’s not like her’: Friends, relatives continue search for missing Bexar County 19-year-old

Camila Olmos, 19, was last seen on the morning of Christmas Eve in northwest Bexar County. Olmos' family and friends said they have not given up hope.

www.ksat.com

 

[Knox]

“Video footage from that time shows an unknown individual, believed to be Camila, searching inside her vehicle for an unidentified item,” the bulletin read. “Moments later, the footage ends. It is believed that she left the residence on foot, as her vehicle remained at the location.”

Rosario Olmos, Camila’s mother, told CBS affiliate KENS in a story published on Thursday, Dec. 25, that she and her daughter had been sleeping together that Christmas Eve morning at their home. Rosario recalled feeling Camila get up from the bed.

About 90 minutes later, Rosario woke up and couldn’t find her daughter in the home, although Camila’s car still remained at the residence. She told KENS that she called Camila’s cell phone, which was on the bed.

“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,” she told the outlet.

Those with information about Camila’s whereabouts are encouraged to call the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office at (210) 335-6000, or email the department’s missing persons unit at [email protected].
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Teen Girl Vanished on Christmas Eve. Mom Thought She Just Went for a Walk, Then Found Her Phone Left Behind

A mother in Texas is pleading for the return of her 19-year-old daughter who disappeared from their home on Christmas Eve morning.

people.com

 

[GraceG]

Her Facebook - I'm thinking the header photo may be her and a sibling perhaps with her Mom taken when she was little. The posted photos are definately her, though nothing since Jan 1, a smiling photo with a young man. Facebook

 

[TexLil]

Fears for 19-year-old who vanished on Christmas Eve in Texas hotspot Fears for 19-year-old who vanished on Christmas Eve in Texas hotspot

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.

After checking with Camila's boyfriend and her father, both of whom said they had not seen her, Rosario contacted the sheriff's office to report her daughter missing.

 

[Stunned]

Snipped for focus:

“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,” she told the outlet.

That statement from her mom strikes me as so odd. Does she walk or wander off a lot in the early morning hours?

 

[Knox]

That statement from her mom strikes me as so odd. Does she walk or wander off a lot in the early morning hours?

- Camila’s phone and all belongings, except her car key, are still at home, including her car. Her friends said she normally goes on walks, but also said she always has her phone with her.

- “We’ll always be on the phone together when she walks,” said Camila Estrella, her friend.

- “It’s been very out of the normal,” her friend Isabela said. “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.”

‘It’s not like her’: Friends, relatives continue search for missing Bexar County 19-year-old

Camila Olmos, 19, was last seen on the morning of Christmas Eve in northwest Bexar County. Olmos' family and friends said they have not given up hope.

www.ksat.com

Sounds like she routinely walks in the mornings.

Were the car keys what she was getting out of her car when caught on video? Then she walks off camera and disappears - super strange not to take her phone if she was going on a walk?

 

[Knox]

 

[Stunned]

Maybe she ran out to her car to look for something not intending to start her walk yet.

 

[Knox]

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[Knox]

Maybe she ran out to her car to look for something not intending to start her walk yet.

No mention of family or LE finding something on her phone, which was in the house on the bed when she walked to her car.

Could someone have stopped by for something and she went to the car for it? The neighbor's camera was aparently
triggered, but she walked out of camera range and it apparently doesn't catch anything else. But that doesn't mean someone in a car couldn't have been out of range also.

 

[Mauig’ma]

- Camila’s phone and all belongings, except her car key, are still at home, including her car. Her friends said she normally goes on walks, but also said she always has her phone with her.

- “We’ll always be on the phone together when she walks,” said Camila Estrella, her friend.

- “It’s been very out of the normal,” her friend Isabela said. “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.”

‘It’s not like her’: Friends, relatives continue search for missing Bexar County 19-year-old

Camila Olmos, 19, was last seen on the morning of Christmas Eve in northwest Bexar County. Olmos' family and friends said they have not given up hope.

www.ksat.com

Sounds like she routinely walks in the mornings.

Were the car keys what she was getting out of her car when caught on video? Then she walks off camera and disappears - super strange not to take her phone if she was going on a walk?

Her mom says she put her phone on charge. So I assume it must’ve been dead. That would be reason not to take it on her walk imo

 

[Incomprehensible]

Maybe she ran out to her car to look for something not intending to start her walk yet.

That’s what I think too

 

[Rosydecember]

Her mom says she put her phone on charge. So I assume it must’ve been dead. That would be reason not to take it on her walk imo

I disagree- her mom called her phone and found it on the bed. The way I understood that was the phone rang in bed… it wouldn’t have rung if it was dead. Maybe it was getting low on battery so mom placed it on the charger as courtesy? But this is all my interpretation MOO

 

[GraceG]

LE hasn't shared any formal statement about possible foul play but they did issue a CLEAR (Coordinated Law Enforcement Adult Rescue) Alert which is for missing adults (19-64) in immediate danger, filling the gap between AMBER Alerts for children and Silver Alerts for seniors, activated when law enforcement confirms imminent risk of injury, death, kidnapping, or involuntary disappearance.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has as one of the criteria:

• Has a preliminary investigation verified the adult is in imminent danger of bodily injury or death or is the disappearance involuntary such as an abduction or kidnapping?

CLEAR Alert | Department of Public Safety

www.dps.texas.gov

 

[Knox]

People on social media were complaining when this first hit the news, asking why she was reporting missing so quickly (within a couple of hours), and she’s an adult probably out doing something that she didn’t want her parents to know about.

Everything I have seen and read from those who know her, this is completely out of character for her. She’s tied to her phone, family, and friends 24/7.

For those reasons I’m concerned that she either willingly/unwillingly went with someone who had ill intentions.

 

[Knox]

Family, friends intensify search for missing 19-year-old last seen on Christmas Eve

Family and friends gathered early Saturday morning to search for a missing 19-year-old woman who was last seen near her home on Christmas Eve.

news4sanantonio.com

The woman’s mother, identified by KENS5 as Rosario Olmos, told the station that, "I called her cell phone, but the cell phone was there on the bed and it was turned off."

"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," she said.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/texas-19-year-old-camila-mendoza-olmos-vanishes-outside-her-home-christmas-eve

These desperate pleas have been echoed by several of Olmos' childhood friends and her family, who's been worried sick. Cami was last seen on home surveillance video in front of her house on Christmas eve just before 7 a.m.

"It showed that she was opening the back of her car," Estrella explained. "As a ring camera, it stops when it stops detecting motion, that's all we saw of her just opening the back of her car door... we have nothing to trace her with. We have nothing."

Community rallies to find missing teen Camila Olmos, last seen near home on Christmas Eve

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) is asking for help finding a missing 19-year-old who was last seen Christmas eve morning.

foxsanantonio.com

 

[Stunned]

As attached as they are saying she was to her phone, I'm surprised it was off.

 

[Mauig’ma]

I disagree- her mom called her phone and found it on the bed. The way I understood that was the phone rang in bed… it wouldn’t have rung if it was dead. Maybe it was getting low on battery so mom placed it on the charger as courtesy? But this is all my interpretation MOO

Ok I agree it maybe wasn’t completely dead but was dying instead imo

 

[Desmond222]

Kind of surprised this isn't a bigger story. How did she just vanish? Don't the cops have ring footage? I can't believe she's been missing for this long with all of the cameras that we have all over the US.

 

[Awakening]

Her mom says she put her phone on charge. So I assume it must’ve been dead. That would be reason not to take it on her walk imo

Maybe went to her car to find a charger?