Indira Montiero was 22 when she vanished from her Manhattan apartment on April 2, 2000. She lived in the 1800 block of 7th Avenue and was last heard at about 7:00 PM that evening during a phone call with a friend. The call ended suddenly after her boyfriend, Heriberto Palacio, was heard yelling in the background; that conversation was the last confirmed contact anyone had with Indira.

All communication from Indira stopped after that night and she has not been seen or heard from since. Investigators later located and detained Palacio in late April 2000 and questioned him about the events of April 2nd, but no arrests or charges were filed. Indira is described as Hispanic and White/Caucasian, with brown hair and brown eyes, glasses, pierced ears, and tattoos including a rose on her right ankle and one on her back.

The circumstances point to a domestic disturbance as the precipitating event, but the apartment’s timeline and what happened after the abrupt phone call remain unresolved. If anyone knew Indira, her routines, or was in that area the evening of April 2, 2000, please come forward with information.