Missing
Maria Pomona Cruz Estrada
Estrada, approximately 2008
Date and time person was reported missing : 06/07/2008
Missing location (approx) :
San Bernardino County, California
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Asian
DOB : 12/22/1941 (79)
Age at the time of disappearance: 66 years old
Height / Weight : 5'3, 128 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A white long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans or denim shorts, a blue denim baseball cap with a swordfish and the words "San Luis Obispo" printed on it, an orange bandana, white sneakers with a red stripe, and possibly a gold Gucci or Balboa watch and a gold chain necklace with a pearl and small diamond pendant.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Asian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Estrada is of Filipino descent. She wears a partial upper denture plate. She has a mole on her chin. Her ears are pierced.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Estrada was hiking with a companion in the Mojave National Preserve when she disappeared on June 7, 2008. Her hiking partner last saw her at 6:00 p.m. in a ravine west of Fort Piute, forty miles northwest of Needles, California.
The pair separated at a fork in the trail and agreed to meet later, but Estrada never arrived at the designated place and has never been heard from again. She wasn't carrying any food or water at the time of her disappearance. An extensive search of the preserve turned up no indication of her whereabouts.
Estrada lives in the Philippines and was visiting relatives in Blythe, California at the time of her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
909-387-3690
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
The Press-Enterprise
The Palo Verde/Quartzsite Times
The Desert Dispatch
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe.
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October 12, 2004. June 17, 2011; picture added, Description, clothing, jewerly and more : updated.
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