On New Year’s Day 2008, 20-year-old Hispanic woman Mariela Moreno was dropped off at her Henderson, Nevada, home after celebrating with her boyfriend, Isidro Garduno. Garduno later told the family he saw her head for the front door but did not wait to see her go inside. That was the last time anyone reported seeing her alive. Mariela failed to show up for her waitressing shift and missed a scheduled court appearance, and her family reported her missing.

On February 29, 2008, construction workers found a young woman’s body in the bushes near Sunset Park, not far from Mariela’s home. Fingerprint identification confirmed it was Mariela, and the Clark County coroner determined she died from blunt force head injuries sustained in an assault. Detectives interviewed Garduno after the disappearance but later said he could not be located and believed he had fled to Mexico. Henderson police secured an arrest warrant recommending a murder charge in connection with her death.

If anyone knew Mariela, her movements that night, or has information about Isidro Garduno’s whereabouts then, please share what is known.