Lacking Texas teen Camila Mendoza Olmos’ father speaks out as search continues: “I miss her”

The daddy of lacking Texas teenager Camila Mendoza Olmos stated he’s nonetheless holding out hope for her secure return as authorities launched new video that they imagine reveals the 19-year-old shortly after leaving her San Antonio residence on Dec. 24. 

She was final seen on the morning of Christmas Eve, when a neighbor’s doorbell digicam seems to have noticed her standing subsequent to her automotive simply earlier than 7 a.m., based on the Bexar County Sheriff’s Workplace. She was sporting a blue and black hoodie, blue pajama bottoms and white sneakers. Her household stated that she regularly goes for morning walks. 

On Monday, the sheriff’s workplace launched new dashcam video that they imagine reveals Mendoza Olmos. Sheriff Javier Salazar stated in a information briefing that he was “not in a position to say with 100% certainty” that she is the the determine within the video, however famous that the particular person within the footage is sporting garments that “actually match up with what she was sporting on the time.” 

The footage reveals the particular person strolling by herself just a few blocks from the teenager’s residence. Salazar stated that officers imagine that she did “stroll away from the residence on her personal.” Her mom has stated that her daughter left her telephone at residence. 

Salazar stated officers are investigating all prospects because the search continues. Dozens of volunteers are looking domestically, whereas the Division of Homeland Safety displays border crossings. The Federal Bureau of Investigation can also be concerned. 

“We have got to think about all prospects from disappearing willfully to the potential for of self-harm to anyone might have taken her,” Salazar stated.

Alfonso Mendoza instructed “CBS Mornings” that he has been “praying to God” since his daughter vanished. 

“She’s on the market watching this, seeing me,” he stated. “I miss her, come residence.” 

“It is arduous. It hurts,” he continued. “I’d sound robust … nevertheless it hurts.”