Juana Garcia Miranda was 31 when she vanished from Sasabe, Arizona, in late summer 2011. Her last known contact with family was a phone call between September 15 and September 20, 2011, during which she said she was in Sasabe and planned to cross the border the next day. She was traveling under the alias Maria Gonzalez Gonzalez and carried a counterfeit Mexican ID in that name.

She is described as a Hispanic female, 5 feet 0 inches to 5 feet 2 inches tall, 140 to 160 pounds, with black shoulder-length curly hair and black eyes. Distinguishing marks include pierced ears and a discoloration on her right shin from a prior infection. She was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt, blue jeans, and white tennis shoes. The family says the smuggler they hired told them Juana would arrive by airplane on September 17, 2011, but that did not happen and the smuggler stopped responding to their calls.

The disappearance was not officially reported until November 2, 2012, when the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office took the case. Few verifiable leads are available and the circumstances of her journey remain unclear. If anyone saw Juana in Sasabe in mid-September 2011 or has information about the smuggler who arranged her travel, please come forward.