Brenda Isela Martinez Mendez, 26, was last seen in late June 2003 as she tried to cross the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona near Douglas. She is described as Hispanic, between 5 feet 1 inch and 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing roughly 120 to 150 pounds, and having a mole on her right leg. There is no public information about what she was wearing or whether she was accompanied when she entered the desert.

The Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office has a report dated February 11, 2009, after her disappearance; beyond that, details about her movements and any investigative leads are sparse. Her family’s whereabouts and hopes for answers are part of a wider pattern of migrants who vanish in remote border regions. If anyone remembers seeing Brenda in late June 2003 or has information about crossings near Douglas at that time, please come forward.