Gabriela Leticia Gonzalez was 14 when she disappeared from San Diego County on April 5, 2002. She was dropped off at school by her mother that morning but did not attend classes; she was last seen visiting her 19-year-old boyfriend, Juan Jose Vera, in Chula Vista. Gabriela left a note for her mother expressing love and saying she was going out, and she never returned.

Authorities moved from an initial runaway theory to treating the case as a possible homicide. A 2005 search of the Otay River Bottom for possible remains produced no conclusive evidence. The FBI and Chula Vista Police Department have periodically reopened aspects of the investigation, which remains an unresolved cold case.

If anyone knew Gabriela’s routines, school connections, or saw her in Chula Vista on April 5, 2002, please come forward with information.