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Yahira Cardona-Santiago, a 21-year-old woman, was last seen on January 19, 2005, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. At the time of her disappearance, she was described as being 5'4" to 5'6", weighing between 140 and 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Yahira was last known to be wearing a black jacket with a pink hood and tan boots. The circumstances of her disappearance remain unclear, and she has not been heard from since that day.

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Last Seen: Jan 19, 2005

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Victim Details

Jul 02, 2018

Apr 03, 2020

Yahira

Cardona-Santiago

40

21

64 inches

66 inches

140 lbs

150 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the winter of 2005, a young woman named Yahira Cardona-Santiago vanished from her life in Allentown, Pennsylvania, leaving behind a void of information and a case that has grown cold with the passage of time. On January 19, 2005, the 21-year-old female was last seen. At the time of her disappearance, she was described as a White/Caucasian female with black hair and brown eyes, standing between 5 feet 4 inches and 5 feet 6 inches tall, and weighing approximately 140 to 150 pounds. When she was last seen, she was reportedly wearing a black jacket that had a pink hood, along with tan boots. The circumstances surrounding Yahira�s disappearance remain unknown, and there is a stark lack of public information regarding her case. Details about her life, her relationships, and the events leading up to the day she went missing are not readily available. It is unclear who she was with, where she was headed, or what her plans might have been. This absence of a timeline or a narrative of her last known movements has made the investigation incredibly challenging for the Allentown Police Department and has left her family and community without answers. Decades have passed since Yahira Cardona-Santiago was last seen, and her case has become one of Pennsylvania's many long-term missing person files. The investigation has not yielded any significant leads or suspects that have been released to the public. The overview of this case is one of profound and sorrowful mystery. A young woman at the start of her adult life disappeared without a trace, and the silence in the years since has been deafening. Without witnesses, evidence, or a clear understanding of the circumstances, the path to finding out what happened to Yahira remains unclear, leaving only lingering questions and the hope that one day, new information will come to light.

Jan 19, 2005

Allentown

Pennsylvania

Lehigh County

No

38729

Allentown Police Department

Allentown

Pennsylvania

Lehigh County

18101

John Brixius

Detective

425 Hamilton Street, Pennsylvania

Local

Law Enforcement

05-004998

2005-01-19

Allentown Police Department

Black

Brown

Brown

05/28/2026


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