Lourdes Contreras was 26 when she disappeared from her Aurora, Illinois, home in the summer of 2002. A native of Jalisco, Mexico, she had lived in Aurora about five years and was last in confirmed contact with family in August 2002; police had an interaction with her on July 5, 2002. She lived on the 1100 block of North Avenue when she vanished, and most relatives, including her two young daughters, lived out of state. Her uncle reported her missing to the Aurora Police Department on October 3, 2002.

On the morning of October 4, 2002, her 1995 Chevrolet pickup truck was found abandoned in a Target parking lot in Naperville, miles from her home. Reports say she was the subject of a federal narcotics investigation around that time, but no charges were filed. The case remains active and her daughters have sought to renew attention to it. Very little else has been made public about her whereabouts after August 2002.

Did anyone in Aurora or Naperville see Lourdes or her truck in late summer or early fall 2002, or have information about her contacts during that period?