The ex-boyfriend of Camila “Cami” Mendoza Olmos has been aiding within the seek for the lacking Texas teen — and vowed to proceed doing so till she’s discovered.
Nathan Gonzales spoke to native media on Saturday as he and different members of the neighborhood got here collectively to search for Olmos, who mysteriously vanished simply earlier than 7 a.m. on Christmas Eve and was final seen exterior her house in San Antonio.
“They’re going via a nightmare,” Gonzales mentioned of Olmos’s household throughout a search get together for the lacking teen.
Gonzales, who had dated the lacking 19-year-old, advised Fox San Antonio on Saturday that he’s totally dedicated to looking for Olmos — whom he described as exceptionally “loving” — till the second she’s discovered.
“In order that’s why we’re all out right here to assist her household and be there for them, as a result of not solely do they want us proper now. However they want the Lord Jesus to be together with her and shield Cami as a result of we all know with the Lord that she’s gonna come again house.
“She’s a really loving particular person. She’s the person who all the time places others earlier than herself, and he or she loves all people it doesn’t matter what, and you recognize, that is simply not like her as a result of like I mentioned, she’s only a loving particular person and would’ve by no means thought that one thing like this could occur,” Gonzales continued.
“I’ll be right here all day… We’ve been right here for 3 days, happening 4 days straight, and we’re not going to cease till we discover her.”
Gonzales has since devoted a lot of his social media presence to joyful footage of the couple collectively and flyers asking for members to hitch search efforts as the teenager’s disappearance strikes into its fifth day.
Olmos had just lately ended a romantic relationship, in line with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Division.
The breakup was described as amicable, and police will not be presently engaged on the belief that her ex is concerned in her disappearance, cops mentioned.
Gonzales, nonetheless, has not been formally recognized by authorities as the topic of the latest breakup, and it’s unclear when the pair was final collectively.
Gonzales added that he has answered detectives’ questions on his relationship with Olmos and any locations he believed she may have vanished to, as authorities proceed the determined search.
“I used to be keen to present any info that I can to deliver her house. As a result of on the finish of the day that’s what I would like is to deliver her house for her household,” Gonzales mentioned.
The seek for Olmos has prolonged into Mexico as state authorities concern she could have been taken over the US-Mexican border.
Within the safety video of the evening of her disappearance, Olmos, a Mexican nationwide, was seen trying to find one thing inside her automobile earlier than closing the door and vanishing from the scene.
She solely had her automotive keys and driver’s license together with her, however not her mobile phone, which was discovered on her mattress, members of the family advised the police.
It’s believed that she left on foot.
There have been no leads on Olmos’s whereabouts, and neither kidnapping, human trafficking, nor the teenager leaving on her personal accord has been dominated out by the sheriff.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar mentioned investigators concern the teenager could also be in “imminent hazard.”
Native police have been collaborating with each the FBI and the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) to detect whether or not she crossed the border.
