Amalia Monserrat Marquez was 42 when she was last seen in Los Angeles on April 1, 1998. She was a prominent member of Cleargreen Inc., the organization around author and mystic Carlos Castaneda, and used the alias Talia Bey while living within that community. After Castaneda died of liver cancer in April 1998, Amalia collected his ashes and then vanished along with four other women who had been close to him.

All five women’s phone lines were disconnected on the same day. One of the five was later found deceased in the desert near Death Valley; Amalia and the remaining women were never located. The simultaneous disappearances and the phone disconnections prompted speculation about a group suicide or other tragic outcome, but Amalia’s whereabouts remain unknown and the case is unsolved. Her family in Puerto Rico continues to seek answers.

Did anyone in Cleargreen’s circle or anyone who knew Amalia before she joined the group have information that could help clarify what happened to her?