Lilly Lopez, 33, was last seen on April 15, 2009, near her home in Polvadera, New Mexico, north of Socorro. On the night she vanished she had been drinking with her boyfriend, Michael Quintana, and a friend. After an argument she left the house and was later seen walking along the bank of a nearby ditch while speaking on her cell phone. When Quintana returned from buying more beer he found her gone.

Searchers found one of Lilly’s shoes near the ditch but no other signs of her. Authorities drained the water-filled ditch and conducted extensive searches with no evidence that she had fallen in. Lilly’s other shoe was later discovered in the back of her boyfriend’s vehicle, a detail that has raised questions. Investigators have treated the incident as a missing person case; no additional clues have surfaced and some case files have gone missing, complicating the inquiry.

Lilly had documented intellectual disabilities and struggled with substance abuse; she had relinquished custody of most of her children but stayed in regular contact with them. Her disappearance remains unsolved. Does anyone have information about Lilly’s movements in Polvadera on April 15, 2009, or recall seeing her after she was last seen by the ditch?