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

[TenaciousTBacon]

I have it too. I bet most of us do.

 

[creepcrusher]

It occurs to me that the phone might have been dead or on silent and lost in the bed. If she fell asleep in bed with her mom while holding her phone, and when she woke up thought the phone should be on the bedside table and it wasn't, and a quick search of where she was in the bed did not turn up the phone quickly, mightn't she go to her car to see if she left her phone there? Finding nothing, went on her walk figuring to search for her phone better around the bed when her mother was up? This would explain looking in the car and leaving the phone.

But what are the odds on the exact day she had no phone, someone would snatch her? That rather indicates to me someone who knew her might have taken her.

I’m wondering if she went to her car to get her hydroflask or Stanley. So many people carry them around with them and bring them into their cars- leave them in the cupholders. I like to take one with me on my walks.

 

[TenaciousTBacon]

11000 Caspian Spring · San Antonio, Texas

maps.app.goo.gl

11000 block of Caspian Spring in northwest San Antonio

 

[ChatteringBirds]

There is more to this.

MOO

I interpret this as you think there is another person involved, or what do you mean?

I'm shocked she's still missing after this long. If she was leaving to self harm, wouldn't she leave in her car?

There are cases of people leaving their homes on foot and heading to a nature area, unfortunately. That's where my mind is going, because sometimes people purposely leave a phone behind, so they can't be tracked. And she could have left something in her car to retrieve.

I wonder if she normally takes her phone on her walks and they can find a pattern to where she goes. Though sometimes it's very difficult to find someone, even when they are pretty sure which park, etc. to search.

 

[detective.moon]

if she was going to self harm, she might have taken something from her car to use for that? not entirely sure what it would be, but something she wouldn’t bring inside the house because it would have worried her mom

 

[creepcrusher]

I interpret this as you think there is another person involved, or what do you mean?



There are cases of people leaving their homes on foot and heading to a nature area, unfortunately. That's where my mind is going, because sometimes people purposely leave a phone behind, so they can't be tracked. And she could have left something in her car to retrieve.

I wonder if she normally takes her phone on her walks and they can find a pattern to where she goes. Though sometimes it's very difficult to find someone, even when they are pretty sure which park, etc. to search.

If her phone had some battery I would be more suspicious about her leaving her phone behind. BUT since it was dead there would be no point in bringing her phone with her. She may have fallen asleep while scrolling and forgot to charge it. That’s why I’m not convinced her leaving the phone was due to a mental health crisis and she just wanting to leave everything behind. Though it’s definitely possible. I am curious who initiated the break up with her boyfriend. The article says it was mutual, but according to who?

 

[Taffy550]

Please, if you believe pray for this girl and her family. Her family is on the news here in Houston, so helpless and scared.

 

[Friday Fan]

In this video, the Sheriff did release information that she has struggled in the past. It sounds like she's a person who feels things deeply.

I hope she was just feeling overwhelmed and went somewhere to have time to herself, but most people aren't going to be able to take in a friend on Christmas weekend.

I think they need to prioritize searching the nature areas nearby, but it sounds like they are.

Can someone good with maps post the Google maps showing where she was last seen? Sorry if I missed it.

11047 Caspian Spring · 11047 Caspian Spring, San Antonio, TX 78254

Building

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[indicolite22]

Was she or wasn't she wearing shorts and white footwear when she disappeared (or was that when last seen in person)? The last surveillance photo contradicts that.

 

[Awakening]

I’m Aussie so excuse my ignorance but I understand guns are fairly common in Texas? Is it common to keep guns in your car or are they required to be kept in the home?

This looks more worrying for self harm now. And she doesn’t look like she’s in pyjamas but off to go for a walk somewhere.

 

[indicolite22]

I’m Aussie so excuse my ignorance but I understand guns are fairly common in Texas? Is it common to keep guns in your car or are they required to be kept in the home?

This looks more worrying for self harm now. And she doesn’t look like she’s in pyjamas but off to go for a walk somewhere.

It was reported that she wore pyjama shorts. Those don't look like shorts.

 

[EyesofTheSouth]

I'm shocked she's still missing after this long. If she was leaving to self harm, wouldn't she leave in her car? If there was anyone in the area on foot or in a vehicle it seems like they'd be seen on a camera.

It looks like a large suburban neighborhood, which are usually filled with Ring cams and the like. If she or anyone else was caught on surveillance the sheriff's office should have put that information out to the public by now, especially since there are search parties out looking.

Poor girl. I hope she is found soon.

A car would generally make noise when starting up. IF she left voluntarily, depending on where her mother’s bedroom is, her mother could have heard the car starting up. So, leave on foot.

A car can generally be tracked these days as well, especially if your phone is connected to the infotainment system, which many people do to use Map applications, music, phone calls, etc. Looks like a fairly new car.

 

[EyesofTheSouth]

I’m Aussie so excuse my ignorance but I understand guns are fairly common in Texas? Is it common to keep guns in your car or are they required to be kept in the home?

This looks more worrying for self harm now. And she doesn’t look like she’s in pyjamas but off to go for a walk somewhere.

Jurisdictions vary, but most people wouldn’t leave a gun in their car. For one, too much chance of it being stolen. Two, a gun in a car is really only helpful as personal protection if you’re in your car.

Certainly, someone could accidentally leave a gun in their car or hide it there to use later. It just wouldn’t be common practice to keep one in your unoccupied car.

Being that she is only 19, she couldn’t legally purchase a handgun. You have to be 21. She could have a shotgun or rifle, but it would be much harder to commit suicide than with a handgun.

 

[buyerninety]

(As member Knox posted on page one of the thread,)

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/search-underway-clear-alert-missing-san-antonio-teen-texas-family/273-ed796e1a-5e0a-4cc1-9c73-cbb2ca1b870a

(mother)"Rosario said she woke up and could not find
her daughter, though Camila’s car was still at the house."
“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.”

At present, that explanation allows the possibility that
the daughters mobile was not 'turned off' but perhaps
had alternatively simply had its' battery go flat. If this
was what occurred, that allows the possibility that the
daughter didn't know her own mobile was in the bed
(slipped out of her poclet?). Did the daughter try to ring
her own mobile? i.e. needs clarification if the house has
a landline and if so, checking needs to be done with all
their communications carriers if a call attempt was
made to the daughters mobile number (i.e. that would
be by the daughter trying to find her mobile) from any
other in the house telephone (also clarification if the
sleeping mothers' mobile was in plain view, and
clarification if the mothers' mobile needs a
password/code swipe to be used {if so, daughter
maybe didn't want to wake mother?}).
So the possible circumstance then would be that the
daughter incorrectly concluded the mobile was not in
the house, so daughter went out to check the car, then
not finding her mobile in the car, then perhaps the
daughter reasoned that she had maybe dropped &
lost her mobile on one of those 'WALKS'?, thereby
raising the possibility that the reason the daughter
left the property was to retrace her route that she
followed along on her 'last walk' looking for her
mobile (before the whole town started waking up
and the concern being that someoneelse might find
her mobile and keep it).

This theory, of course, can be discarded if the mother:
knows that the daughter used her mobile in the house
before going to sleep in the bed, (or if the mother doesn't
know that, if the daughters communication carrier phone
log shows the daughter using her mobile in the timeframe
the daughter was in the house before sleeping).

EDIT: Also, anyone, what is the situation in Texas... if you
call a mobile phone that has a flat battery, do you get an
announcement that says something like '-the phone you
are calling is not turned on or is not in a cell sevice area' ?
or do you just hear a ring signal in the calling phone even
though the flat battery mobile you are calling is not in fact
making any ringing sounds?
Also, another question for the family to check is, was the
daughters mobile set to something like a 'silent mode'
(cause they're sleeping and didn't want to be woken up...)
maybe the daughter forgot she set such a mode and
not being able to hear her mobile 'ring' she incorrectly
thought she had lost her mobile on her last walk'. (This
doesn't seem likely that the daughter forgot the mode,
anyway, seems like the family and Law Enforcement
need to get to checking these call/communication
possibilities).

 

[Awakening]

Jurisdictions vary, but most people wouldn’t leave a gun in their car. For one, too much chance of it being stolen. Two, a gun in a car is really only helpful as personal protection if you’re in your car.

Certainly, someone could accidentally leave a gun in their car or hide it there to use later. It just wouldn’t be common practice to keep one in your unoccupied car.

Being that she is only 19, she couldn’t legally purchase a handgun. You have to be 21. She could have a shotgun or rifle, but it would be much harder to commit suicide than with a handgun.

Thank you, that’s actually a relief to know.

I’ve had my own mental health struggles and I hate others suffering from it to.

I’m hoping she just went to have some time away.

 

[BrownRice]

EDIT: Also, anyone, what is the situation in Texas... if you
call a mobile phone that has a flat battery, do you get an
announcement that says something like '-the phone you
are calling is not turned on or is not in a cell sevice area' ?
or do you just hear a ring signal in the calling phone even
though the flat battery mobile you are calling is not in fact
making any ringing sounds?
Also, another question for the family to check is, was the
daughters mobile set to something like a 'silent mode'
(cause they're sleeping and didn't want to be woken up...)
maybe the daughter forgot she set such a mode and
not being able to hear her mobile 'ring' she incorrectly
thought she had lost her mobile on her last walk'. (This
doesn't seem likely that the daughter forgot the mode,
anyway, seems like the family and Law Enforcement
need to get to checking these call/communication
possibilities).

In my experience with teens, when the phone dies, the call is sent to voicemail immediately. Also in my experience with teenagers, the phone dies constantly because they use it in bed and don’t charge it. So if the phone was completely without power, mom would not hear it if she called it.

 

[EyesofTheSouth]

(As member Knox posted on page one of the thread,)

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/search-underway-clear-alert-missing-san-antonio-teen-texas-family/273-ed796e1a-5e0a-4cc1-9c73-cbb2ca1b870a

(mother)"Rosario said she woke up and could not find
her daughter, though Camila’s car was still at the house."
“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.”

At present, that explanation allows the possibility that
the daughters mobile was not 'turned off' but perhaps
had alternatively simply had its' battery go flat. If this
was what occurred, that allows the possibility that the
daughter didn't know her own mobile was in the bed
(slipped out of her poclet?). Did the daughter try to ring
her own mobile? i.e. needs clarification if the house has
a landline and if so, checking needs to be done with all
their communications carriers if a call attempt was
made to the daughters mobile number (i.e. that would
be by the daughter trying to find her mobile) from any
other in the house telephone (also clarification if the
sleeping mothers' mobile was in plain view, and
clarification if the mothers' mobile needs a
password/code swipe to be used {if so, daughter
maybe didn't want to wake mother?}).
So the possible circumstance then would be that the
daughter incorrectly concluded the mobile was not in
the house, so daughter went out to check the car, then
not finding her mobile in the car, then perhaps the
daughter reasoned that she had maybe dropped &
lost her mobile on one of those 'WALKS'?, thereby
raising the possibility that the reason the daughter
left the property was to retrace her route that she
followed along on her 'last walk' looking for her
mobile (before the whole town started waking up
and the concern being that someoneelse might find
her mobile and keep it).

This theory, of course, can be discarded if the mother:
knows that the daughter used her mobile in the house
before going to sleep in the bed, (or if the mother doesn't
know that, if the daughters communication carrier phone
log shows the daughter using her mobile in the timeframe
the daughter was in the house before sleeping).

EDIT: Also, anyone, what is the situation in Texas... if you
call a mobile phone that has a flat battery, do you get an
announcement that says something like '-the phone you
are calling is not turned on or is not in a cell sevice area' ?
or do you just hear a ring signal in the calling phone even
though the flat battery mobile you are calling is not in fact
making any ringing sounds?
Also, another question for the family to check is, was the
daughters mobile set to something like a 'silent mode'
(cause they're sleeping and didn't want to be woken up...)
maybe the daughter forgot she set such a mode and
not being able to hear her mobile 'ring' she incorrectly
thought she had lost her mobile on her last walk'. (This
doesn't seem likely that the daughter forgot the mode,
anyway, seems like the family and Law Enforcement
need to get to checking these call/communication
possibilities).

If the phone is turned off or has no battery life left, it’s generally going to go straight to voicemail. It probably won’t ring at all on the caller’s end, but you might get one short ring before voicemail kicks in. If there’s no personalized greeting set up on the recipient’s voicemail, it will be a general automated message like, “The person you are trying to reach is unavailable to take your call. Please leave a message…”

 

[iQuill]

I thought she was wearing shorts? It looks to me like that person is wearing pants.

Well ... I see black hoodie, black pants, black shoes ... why are we given the description light blue hoodie, light blue pajama shorts and white shoes?? Why?

 

[Aegon_the_Conqueror]

Jurisdictions vary, but most people wouldn’t leave a gun in their car. For one, too much chance of it being stolen. Two, a gun in a car is really only helpful as personal protection if you’re in your car.

Certainly, someone could accidentally leave a gun in their car or hide it there to use later. It just wouldn’t be common practice to keep one in your unoccupied car.

Being that she is only 19, she couldn’t legally purchase a handgun. You have to be 21. She could have a shotgun or rifle, but it would be much harder to commit suicide than with a handgun.

Definitely harder, but doable... technically. My dad's college friend committed suicide with a shotgun to the chest... Allegedly. His wife was acting suspicious as hell at the funeral, but apparently covered her tracks well enough that it couldn't be pinned on her.

I'm wondering about the "human trafficking" angle they're considering. This term is always used extremely vaguely, with statistics that often seem absurd. One reason is, a large number of "trafficking" cases are labeled as such by the federal government despite being prostitution (i.e., mutually consensual) cases that would otherwise be state crimes. (That's not what I'm suspecting in Camila's case, nor is anyone else suspecting.)

Then there are cases of actual trafficking. I can only think of one confirmed case off the top of my head, and that's because a woman that was one of the perps grew up around the corner from me. She was living with her boyfriend, a registered sex offender, and his wife (uhhh... what?), and two "troubled" underage girls were lured to live with them; the boyfriend pimped them out, and the other two women drove them to clients in multiple states over a period of two years. (The boyfriend got several decades in prison, and his wife and my neighbor got 11 and 10 years, respectively; my neighbor was just paroled.) I'm not sure how "typical" this case is; usually, when I think of "trafficking", I imagine a gang, large or small, that kidnaps people and ships them around, possibly globally, as unwilling prostitutes, although this could also be extreme. Generally, what is the implication when LE uses the term "human trafficking"? Is it typically short-term, or are people shipped around for the rest of their lives? Do the victims usually escape, or are they murdered? Not counting when the term is simply misapplied to consensual prostitution. It's impossible that what's usually imagined is anywhere close to typical, because everyone would know someone that vanished and never returned (and as we know, almost all missing persons cases soon end with a safe return - it's the ones that don't that we remember.)

 

[Friday Fan]

Definitely harder, but doable... technically. My dad's college friend committed suicide with a shotgun to the chest... Allegedly. His wife was acting suspicious as hell at the funeral, but apparently covered her tracks well enough that it couldn't be pinned on her.

I'm wondering about the "human trafficking" angle they're considering. This term is always used extremely vaguely, with statistics that often seem absurd. One reason is, a large number of "trafficking" cases are labeled as such by the federal government despite being prostitution (i.e., mutually consensual) cases that would otherwise be state crimes. (That's not what I'm suspecting in Camila's case, nor is anyone else suspecting.)

Then there are cases of actual trafficking. I can only think of one confirmed case off the top of my head, and that's because a woman that was one of the perps grew up around the corner from me. She was living with her boyfriend, a registered sex offender, and his wife (uhhh... what?), and two "troubled" underage girls were lured to live with them; the boyfriend pimped them out, and the other two women drove them to clients in multiple states over a period of two years. (The boyfriend got several decades in prison, and his wife and my neighbor got 11 and 10 years, respectively; my neighbor was just paroled.) I'm not sure how "typical" this case is; usually, when I think of "trafficking", I imagine a gang, large or small, that kidnaps people and ships them around, possibly globally, as unwilling prostitutes, although this could also be extreme. Generally, what is the implication when LE uses the term "human trafficking"? Is it typically short-term, or are people shipped around for the rest of their lives? Do the victims usually escape, or are they murdered? Not counting when the term is simply misapplied to consensual prostitution. It's impossible that what's usually imagined is anywhere close to typical, because everyone would know someone that vanished and never returned (and as we know, almost all missing persons cases soon end with a safe return - it's the ones that don't that we remember.)

The only people considering "human trafficking" is the Daily Mail! No local news has mentioned it. I don't think ABC, NBC or CBS have mentioned human traffic. LE is not considering it. It's a figment of the Daily Mail's imagination.

And yes, prostitution, working in strip clubs and massage parlors are now considered "human trafficking" these days.