Tameka Norris was expected to fly from North Carolina to Columbus, Ohio, in summer 2023 to visit her mother for a birthday, but missed that flight and instead traveled to New Mexico. She bought a small, undeveloped parcel in Tres Piedras Estates with no septic system, running water, or proper shelter — an off-grid area — and initially kept in touch with her mother and aunt on Facebook.

The last confirmed sighting was October 14, 2023, in Tres Piedras. On that day she blocked her mother and aunt on Facebook, and her final Facebook post came on October 20. Her mother, aware that Tameka had diagnoses of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder from 2018 and that Tameka was not consistently taking medication, requested a welfare check after losing contact; officers found the purchased plot appearing to have been abandoned for some time. A formal missing persons report was filed November 20, 2023.

If anyone saw Tameka in Tres Piedras or knows how to reach her since October 2023, please share any information that could help her family.