Maria Quizhpe Guaman was 21 when she vanished in the Arizona desert in late summer 2009. She was last seen on August 19, 2009, in Pima County while traveling with a group of migrants who hoped to reach Phoenix. Maria is Hispanic, with black hair and brown eyes, about 4 feet 10 inches to 5 feet 0 inches tall and weighing between 100 and 120 pounds.

Reports say the group was one or two days from Phoenix when another migrant, Delia, was left behind; about an hour later Maria was also left behind. No contact with Maria has been reported since. The Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office is listed as the investigating agency, but very few details are available and the case has gone cold.

If anyone was in that migrant group, saw Maria in Pima County on or after August 19, 2009, or has any information about her movements, please come forward. Who remembers Maria or knows what happened to her?