GA GA - Elyssa Marie Vasquez, 12, Doraville, 28 Jan 2003

[Moonwalker9]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Elyssa Marie Vasquez – The Charley Project

Alyssa Marie Vasquez

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Elyssa, circa 2003; Age-progression to age 22 (circa 2012)

• Missing Since01/28/2003
• Missing FromDoraville, Georgia
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• Date of Birth03/06/1990 (29)
• Age12 years old
• Height and Weight5'1, 117 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA blue ski jacket with a white stripe down the center, dark blue jeans and white sneakers.
• Medical ConditionsElyssa suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsBiracial (African-American/Hispanic) female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Elyssa's nicknames are Lee Lee and Lisa. She has a round scar on her right shoulder and a scar below her chin where she once had four stitches. Her ears are pierced.

Details of Disappearance
Elyssa disappeared from her school in Doraville, Georgia on January 28, 2003. She has never been heard from again.

For years after her disappearance, Elyssa was classified as a runaway; her case has since been reclassified to an endangered missing child. Few details are available in her case.
Investigating Agency

• Dekalb County Police Department 404-294-2519

Source Information

• The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• *modsnip*
• NamUs
• Facebook Page for Elyssa Vasquez

 

[SisterGrimm]

Elyssa Marie Vasquez
This is the Facebook dedicated to Elyssa. It seems like she came from a happy family. There's many pictures of her on there.

 

[SisterGrimm]

I haven't seen much about the actual circumstances of her vanishing at school. Could it have been a kidnapping?

 

[Caring1]

Bump

2 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[Iknewit80]

Her page on the Charley Project has been updated with more information and updated age progression pic.

The Charley Project

 

[threesevenninefour]

Elyssa Marie Vasquez​

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Elyssa, circa 2003; Age-progression to age 33 (circa 2023)

• Missing Since01/28/2003
• Missing FromDoraville, Georgia
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• SexFemale
• RaceBiracial, Black, Hispanic
• Date of Birth03/06/1990 (34)
• Age12 years old
• Height and Weight5'1, 117 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA blue ski jacket with a white stripe down the center, dark blue jeans and white sneakers.
• Medical ConditionsElyssa suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsBiracial (African-American/Hispanic) female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Elyssa's nicknames are Lee Lee and Lisa. She has a round scar on her right shoulder and a scar below her chin where she once had four stitches. Her ears are pierced.

Details of Disappearance​

Elyssa was last seen in Doraville, Georgia on January 28, 2003. That day she took the public bus to start the first day of classes at a new school in Clarkston, Georgia. She did arrive at school, and called her mother during the lunch break. She sounded happy and asked her mother if, when she got home, they could restyle her hair so it looked like her classmates'.
Elyssa was seen boarding the public bus with other students after school that afternoon, but she didn't get off at the stop near her home where she was supposed to meet her father and brother. No one reported seeing her get off the bus at any of the other stops, either. She has never been heard from again.
For years after her disappearance, Elyssa was classified as a runaway; her case has since been reclassified to an endangered missing child. Few details are available in her case.

Investigating Agency​

• Dekalb County Police Department 404-294-2519

Source Information​

• The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• ElyssaVasquez's Personal Page
• NamUs
• Facebook Page for Elyssa Vasquez

Updated 12 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated April 29, 2024; details of disappearance updated.

 

[flowersproud]

Could it be that maybe a serial-killer or a serial-kidnapper was active between 1990 and 2005? I know about a case in Augusta, Georgia that happend in 1990 where two young girls were kidnapped and probably murdered.

About the Millbrook Twins.
The Millbrook twins were also classified as runaways. They are also teen girls.

 

[aceofswords]

Could it be that maybe a serial-killer or a serial-kidnapper was active between 1990 and 2005? I know about a case in Augusta, Georgia that happend in 1990 where two young girls were kidnapped and probably murdered.

About the Millbrook Twins.
The Millbrook twins were also classified as runaways. They are also teen girls.

I live in Augusta, and it's kind of locally "accepted" that the Millbrook twins were very likely killed by someone associated with their father, John, who was pretty involved in the drug scene. He passed away in 2021, I think, so we may never actually know. The news does a cold case review on it every few years.

It doesn't sound like there is any good reason for Elyssa Vasquez to be classified as a runaway (same with the Millbrook twins). I hate it when law enforcement agencies jump to those conclusions when it seems like the least likely answer. Also, if she was OCD, that typically would cause her to be more likely to stick to a routine, which makes being a runaway make even less sense.

 

[jenn83]

First day at a new school? She was seen getting on the bus but never getting off? Maybe the bus driver needs to be looked at.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Maybe she accidentally missed her stop and then got off at the wrong stop, a predatory person saw her distress, and they approached pretending to help? Whatever happened, my heart goes out to her family. She obviously didn't "run away."