Alicia Mendez Mendez was 21 when she was last seen near Sasabe, Arizona, on July 29, 2009. Described as a Hispanic female with black hair, brown eyes and a small scar on the tip of her nose, she was between 5 feet 1 inch and 5 feet 3 inches tall. At the time she disappeared she reportedly wore gray pants, a striped shirt, a sky-blue shirt and gray tennis shoes.

Family accounts say Alicia was in the process of crossing into the United States from Mexico and was left behind in the desert near a place they called Senacuac, a name that may have been misheard and whose exact location is unknown. The Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office opened a case on her in January 2010. The imprecise last known location and the harshness of the terrain have made the circumstances of her disappearance difficult to reconstruct.

If anyone was in or around Sasabe on July 29, 2009, or knows of a place called Senacuac or similar, please share what can help clarify Alicia’s last movements.