Anabell Luvaul Juarez, 29, a mother of two, was last seen on January 27, 1997, at her home on Chestnut Street in Odessa, Texas. Her husband, Oscar, told police she left at 5:00 a.m. with an unidentified woman in a white pickup truck and said Anabell was pregnant by another man and was on her way to Ojinaga, Mexico, for an abortion. Anabell’s mother did not report her missing until mid-April 1997; by then Oscar had reportedly moved out of the family home.

Family members say Anabell was a devoted mother who stayed in regular contact and that she would not have left the children willingly. The family also said she had told her sister in Florida the day before she vanished that she was unhappy in her marriage and might be pregnant but could not afford a test. The family alleges Oscar was abusive; Oscar denies that and instead has characterized Anabell as having affairs and using drugs. Investigators suspect foul play, noting no activity on her credit cards or Social Security number since her disappearance and that no arrests have been made. The Odessa Police Department continues to investigate and has recently sought public assistance.

Did anyone in Odessa or Ojinaga remember seeing a white pickup truck or the unidentified woman on January 27, 1997?