The ex-boyfriend of Camila “Cami” Mendoza Olmos has been assisting in the search for the missing Texas teen — and vowed to continue doing so until she’s found.
Nathan Gonzales spoke to local media on Saturday as he and other members of the community came together to look for Olmos, who mysteriously vanished just before 7 a.m. on Christmas Eve and was last seen outside her home in San Antonio.
“They’re going through a nightmare,” Gonzales said of Olmos’s family during a search party for the missing teen.
Gonzales, who had dated the missing 19-year-old, told Fox San Antonio on Saturday that he’s fully committed to searching for Olmos — whom he described as exceptionally “loving” — until the moment she’s found. “So that’s why we’re all out here to support her family and be there for them, because not only do they need us right now. But they need the Lord Jesus to be with her and protect Cami because we know with the Lord that she’s gonna come back home. “So that’s why we’re all out here to support her family and be there for them, because not only do they need us right now. But they need the Lord Jesus to be with her and protect Cami because we know with the Lord that she’s gonna come back home.
In the security video of the night of her disappearance, Olmos, a Mexican national, was seen searching for something inside her vehicle before closing the door and vanishing from the scene.
She only had her car keys and driver’s license with her, but not her cell phone, which was found on her bed, family members told the police.
It is believed that she left on foot.
There have been no leads on Olmos’s whereabouts, and neither kidnapping, human trafficking, nor the teen leaving on her own accord has been ruled out by the sheriff.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said investigators fear the teen may be in “imminent danger.”
Local police have been collaborating with both the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detect whether she crossed the border.