Amy Ortega Lopez, an 18-year-old from King City, California, was last seen on November 30, 2003 after finishing a shift at a local Subway and being observed on the street shortly afterward. She had moved out of her family’s home in September but stayed in regular, close contact; her family did not report her missing until December 31, 2003.

Monterey County investigators believe Lopez was murdered in King City around mid-December 2003 after several informants reported seeing her body in a specific location. When officers searched that location they did not find remains, and investigators concluded the body had likely been moved. Evidence recovered at the scene was sufficient for authorities to determine a crime occurred there, although Lopez’s remains have not been located.

At the time she disappeared Lopez was described as a Hispanic female, brown hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 4 inches, about 130 pounds, with a distinctive 1 F tattoo on her left ankle. She was on probation for check fraud and wanted for a probation violation, matters investigators say are not believed to be connected to her disappearance.

If anyone knew Amy, lived in King City in late 2003, or has information about her whereabouts, please share what is known.