Vanessa Gonzalez Martinez, 17, went missing from her Tennessee home in early December 2023. Reports indicate she left on or around December 5; at that time she was described as having black hair, brown eyes, standing five feet tall and weighing about 175 pounds. Smyrna Police Department opened the investigation.

On January 31, 2024, Vanessa was briefly seen in Nashville by her mother. Her mother expressed a belief that Vanessa was not being held against her will, but the circumstances remain unclear and have raised questions about why Vanessa left and who the men in the van were.

Did anyone in or near Nashville see that blue van, or did anyone know Vanessa’s associates around late January 2024?