Rosa Maria Shipley was 48 when she left her home and family in Seguin, Texas, in May 1997; her family last saw her on Mother’s Day that year. Although she had been transient at times, she had consistently stayed in touch with her children until that disappearance. Sometime after leaving Texas Rosa travelled to Salt Lake City, Utah, and the last known contact came there in 1998. During that period her identification card was taken, a loss that would have made accessing services, housing, or travel extremely difficult.

No confirmed sightings or communications have been reported since 1998. The Seguin Police Department did not receive an official missing person report until May 17, 2017. Rosa is described as a Hispanic female with brown eyes and black hair; identifying marks include a dot tattoo on a finger and one on a knee, a crooked pinky finger with an unusual nail, a scar on the other pinky, and an eagle-shaped birthmark on her back. Does anyone who knew Rosa or saw her in Utah after 1998 have information to share?