Missing from: San Antonio, Texas
Missing: January 16, 2004
Age at disappearance: 32
Height: 5’2″
Weight: 130-135 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown with Blonde Highlights
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos: Hispanic female. Hernandez had blonde highlights in her hair at the time of her disappearance. She has a red heart tattooed on her upper left arm and her ears are pierced. Her nickname is Mari.
Details of Disappearance: Mari was last seen at approximately 8:30 a.m. on January 16, 2004, at Avance Headstart Child Care on Acme Castroville Roads in San Antonio, Texas. Mari dropped her toddler daughter off at the child care center, then left to meet the father of her children and speak to him about their child support payments. She never arrived at her destination. Her car, a hunter green 1996 Ford Mustang with Texas license plates numbered F19SBT, was later found abandoned at a strip mall in the 4800 block of West Commerce Street, near General McMullen Drive, on the west side of San Antonio. The strip mall is only about a mile from Mari’s apartment but her loved ones say it is not a place she frequented. Foul play is suspected in Mari’s disappearance. She reportedly told her mother that if she did not return from her appointment, it was because she had been murdered. Her case remains unsolved.
Investigative Agency: San Antonio Police Department 210-207-7662
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