Elvia Cruz Ortiz was 22 when she was last seen at her Los Angeles home on October 23, 1985. She is described as Hispanic, 5 feet tall, 125 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes and a scar on her right leg. At the time she had given birth in February 1985 and may have been pregnant again when she disappeared.

Ortiz was last seen wearing a sleeveless black shirt, a short black skirt, dark-colored nylons and black high heels, and she wore a gold ring with a stone on her right ring finger; she may also have had on a white garter belt. The Los Angeles Police Department Missing Persons Unit handled the investigation.

If anyone knew Elvia, her whereabouts, or the circumstances around October 23, 1985, please share information that could help her case.