Adriana Lisette Rojas was 17 when she disappeared from Rowland Heights, California, on May 7, 1996. That evening she phoned her mother to say she would rest at home before an evening class; her brother later heard the front door slam and found Adriana gone. Personal items left behind included her purse, money, and a half-eaten sandwich.

Family members say Adriana had been acting strangely in the months before she vanished, distancing herself from siblings and not ordering her graduation cap and gown. She had run away once before, so some suspect she left voluntarily, and her mother believes she did; law enforcement has not ruled out abduction. Extensive searches and investigations have not located her, and age-progressed images have been created to show what she might look like now.

Anyone with information about Adriana’s disappearance is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Did anyone in Rowland Heights in May 1996 see Adriana or anything unusual that night?