Desiree Lynette Lopez was 17 and living in Hialeah Gardens, Florida, when she was last seen on August 15, 1996. She told family she planned to move to Las Vegas with a 46-year-old man named Miguel Angel Pieri, saying they were friends and that she would stay briefly in Las Vegas before going on to California. Family objections did not stop her from leaving with Pieri, and she promised to call from Las Vegas but never did.

Pieri disappeared about the same time, and neither he nor Desiree has been located. The case was initially classified as a runaway, but investigators now consider Desiree endangered. Age-progressed photos and appeals have been used in the search, yet no concrete evidence has placed them in Las Vegas or California. If anyone has information about Desiree’s whereabouts or the man she left with, contact the Hialeah Gardens Police Department.