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

[Seattle1]

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[Seattle1]

Body found during search for Camila Olmos, sheriff says; still undetermined if remains are missing 19-year-old

Sheriff Javier Salazar said the Bexar County medical examiner still must determine the identity of the remains found Tuesday.

www.kens5.com

12/30/25

Salazar said the body was found in a field "very close to Camila's home." It was located during a search by sheriff's deputies and FBI agents in a field they decided to scour again due to high brush in the area. The sheriff added the clothes on the body matched the description provided by Olmos' mother of what she was wearing the last time she was seen.

12/30/25

FULL PRESSER: Body found in search for 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos, Texas sheriff says​

 

[Rob774]

mistake post

 

[Rob774]

I have participated in outdoor search and recovery efforts, and know how incredibly difficult it is to see remains outdoors. Very difficult. That said, she was found in an area previously searched. That fact alone should alert caution to not rush to judgement on whether it was self harm or foul play. AND, it was only a few hundred feet from her house and the still of the morning. No one heard a gun shot?! Did it have a silencer? That would be out of the ordinary for a civilian. Not adding up for me. Nope.

I hope LE will be very thorough in their assessment.

Amateur opinion and speculation only

I hear you you, and there are a few things that are head scratchers, one them being it was probably not her on the 2nd video, especially since the area where is found is so much easier to get to leaving out the rear of the property. At the end of the day, before speculation runs rampant, occam's razor scenario applies. Although... the father swears the still of the first image isn't his daughter, which is what a lot of folks here also stated.

Talking with folks on YT, people asked with her being do close, why didn't anyone hear the shot?

"Close" is a relative term. She was almost 400 yards away. That's like a 1/4 mile. At 7am on Christmas Eve, most folks are still inside their home, with almost a very high period those folks still sleep. I'm awake on NYE, because while I'm off, my wife has to work. Even awake, the chance of me deciphering the sound of a gunshot from a 1/4 mile away is going to be impossible, especially considering it came from an open field where the sound doesn't have to immediately resonate around buildings.

 

[MrsWatson]

My thoughts and prayers for Camila's family.

 

[Spectrix]

For those that would like a visual reference to where the Camila's body was found in relation to her home -
Camila appears to have walked from her home (Mustang Bay, San Antonio) to some vacant land behind her property (part of Burnin' Bush Landscaping)

 

[shonyakay]

Heartbreaking.

 

[STLBlues]

I have participated in outdoor search and recovery efforts, and know how incredibly difficult it is to see remains outdoors. Very difficult. That said, she was found in an area previously searched. That fact alone should alert caution to not rush to judgement on whether it was self harm or foul play. AND, it was only a few hundred feet from her house and the still of the morning. No one heard a gun shot?! Did it have a silencer? That would be out of the ordinary for a civilian. Not adding up for me. Nope.

I hope LE will be very thorough in their assessment.

Amateur opinion and speculation only

There is a lot of misinformation in the general public about "silencers." The proper term is actually suppressor as they do not silence a firearm. They suppress the sound and help hide the muzzle flash. Here's an explanation I posted in another thread previously.

Silencers (proper term is suppressor) are nothing like what you see on TV and movies. Firearms with suppressor are still very loud. For example, a common handgun is a 9mm. A 9mm with a suppressor will still create a noise level of around 120-130 decibels. 120-130db is the equivalent of a rock concert, jet plane taking off or the siren on an ambulance.
Source

So, even with a suppressor, a handgun is going to make a fairly loud noise.

 

[lonetraveler]

My heart hurts for her mother and father, especially her mother. She will probably think that if she had woken up when her daughter woke up, that she could have stopped her.

 

[Chimera]

Rest in peace, Camila.
May she find the peace she sought.
I believe she was loved, here on earth !
Wish she could have found help and that there was a bright future for her.
My utmost condolences to her grieving loved ones.

 

[lonetraveler]

“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

I wonder if the gun was hidden under the front seat.

 

[borndem]

Hope that you are now at peace beautiful girl

I feel sure she is.
Hoping those who knew and loved her are able to console each other and to be able to be glad they had her as long as she was with them.

 

[Lebowski]

I have participated in outdoor search and recovery efforts, and know how incredibly difficult it is to see remains outdoors. Very difficult. That said, she was found in an area previously searched. That fact alone should alert caution to not rush to judgement on whether it was self harm or foul play. AND, it was only a few hundred feet from her house and the still of the morning. No one heard a gun shot?! Did it have a silencer? That would be out of the ordinary for a civilian. Not adding up for me. Nope.

I hope LE will be very thorough in their assessment.

Amateur opinion and speculation only

always a good idea not to rush to judgment, but i don't think either of these points is a problem for the self-harm theory.

as i understand it, it is not uncommon for a body to be missed on the first search of an area. the searchers are typically volunteers, who mean well and are doing something helpful, but don't have any special training. (assuming that's true here ...?) plus, it sounds like the body was in an area with tall brush. easy to miss, i would think. especially if she had intentionally hid.

about the gunshot no one heard... it was like 7 AM, and a lot of people were still asleep, including C's own mother. ... C's body was in an area that's a mix of industrial and undeveloped. nearest residential is her own neighborhood, which was ~100 yards away. still a few people close enough to hear it, but not as many as if the shot had been fired in the middle of the neighborhood. ... plus, in my experience, a lot of people don't even know what guns sound like (high and popping like firecrackers, not deep and rumbly like in the movies). and the ones that do know also know most gunshots you hear in a semi-rural area are going to be innocuous, like target practice or someone putting down a wounded animal. ... so anyone who was awake and did hear it (from a distance of 100 yards or more) might have either not recognized it for what it was, or shrugged it off and forgotten they heard it by the time LE came around asking.

anyway, i'm sure LE will continue investigating just like they said they will. i'm sure they will estimate time of death, and make a judgment of whether the body has been moved, etc. i'm also sure they will confirm that the gun found at the scene was the same one reported missing by the relative. all of these things factor into whether it was indeed suicide.

 

[Bigditch]

I'll bet the relative whose gun was used is feeling pretty heavy hearted.

 

[Ruby_PA]

I see one article saying she was positively identified but it is paywalled. I'm not seeing any other sources saying this, though.

 

[Wishbone]

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Seems she felt the need to be rebaptized recently.
Both cited her unspecified attempts at self-harm and recent insistence on being re-baptized as signs that she had been experiencing emotional distress.

Parents of missing Texas teen clash as new dashcam shows last sighting

The Daily Mail visited the San Antonio home where missing teen Cami Olmos vanished on the morning of Christmas Eve to speak with her parents as new dashcam footage shows her shocking final sighting.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Lebowski]

It adds up for me, but perhaps my maths might be different to the next person.

- She had reported recent mental health struggles.
- There was a firearm missing from her house and a firearm was found next to her body.
- There is no confirmed video of her travelling in her neighbourhood (ie she went directly from her car/house to the strip of vacant land to the rear of the property where she was found).
- Local law enforcement state that they don't believe there is any evidence of foul play.

It's very sad to consider that this young woman felt that the only way forward was to end her life. I really feel for her family trying to come to terms with what happened

and AFAIK, there's not a shred of evidence anyone else was involved. zero. zip. nada. nichevó.

also, guessing murderers do not typically leave the weapon next to the victim. "here you go, LE. have the whole case on a silver platter!"

of course, anyone latched onto a preconceived theory that this was murder or TrAfFiCkInG can imagineer stuff like the scene being staged. and that is indeed possible. but that's where ockham's razor comes in. here are the facts: a woman with MH struggles, left on her own, and was found dead with a gun next to her. the simplest interpretation of that is obvious. what fact is actually inconsistent with that interpretation?

 

[shonyakay]

and AFAIK, there's not a shred of evidence anyone else was involved. zero. zip. nada. nichevó.

also, guessing murderers do not typically leave the weapon next to the victim.

of course, anyone latched onto a preconceived theory that this was murder or TrAfFiCkInG can imagineer stuff like the scene being staged. that's where ockham's razor comes in. here are the facts: a woman with MH struggles, left on her own, and was found dead with a gun next to her. the simplest interpretation of that is obvious. what fact is actually inconsistent with that interpretation?

When she went missing from the home her brother's gun went missing with her as well.

Logical Deduction = Self-harm

 

[Lebowski]

When she went missing from the home her brother's gun went missing with her as well.

Logical Deduction = Self-harm

yeah, if it is confirmed that it's her brother's gun, the mental gymnastics required for this to be foul play by a stranger get even harder.

 

[steeltowngirl]

I see one article saying she was positively identified but it is paywalled. I'm not seeing any other sources saying this, though.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner made a positive identification Tuesday evening, matching clothes found to those Mendoza was wearing when she went missing on Christmas Eve, according to Mandy Albritton with Texas EquuSearch, a nonprofit search and rescue organization assisting with the search.

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/body-found-identification-camila-mendoza-olmos-21269601.php