Maria Sophia Diaz, 29, a mother of three from Douglas, Georgia, disappeared after being last seen at a property known locally as the Compound in the 900 block of East Ethel Street. She had reportedly been trying to leave the property and reached out to two different people for a ride; neither could respond and all communication from her stopped after that point. Authorities say they do not believe she left voluntarily and consider her to be in extreme danger and unable to contact anyone for help.

The Compound consisted of three houses and a watchtower behind a high privacy fence and has been described by law enforcement as a house of horrors, with at least five other criminal offenses reported there in previous years.

Morales was arrested on charges including aggravated assault, false imprisonment, felony drug offenses and weapons offenses, with three charges tied directly to Diaz’s case; investigators say evidence and witness statements place Diaz at the property and in Morales’s presence around the time she went missing, and that Morales has been uncooperative about her whereabouts. The Compound was later declared unfit for habitation and sold. Does anyone who knew Maria or who has information about the Compound or Guillermo De La Cruz Morales have anything to share?