The disappearance of 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos on Christmas Eve 2025 captivated the San Antonio area and beyond, sparking a massive multi-agency search that involved the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and countless volunteers. What began as a hopeful effort to locate a missing college student ended in profound sorrow when, on December 30, a body was discovered in a dense field near her northwest Bexar County home. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed on December 31 that it was Olmos, with the cause of death a gunshot wound to the head and the manner ruled a suicide. A firearm found at the scene aligned with one reported missing from a family member, and authorities found no evidence of foul play.
Olmos, an aspiring orthodontist attending Northwest Vista College, was last seen around 6:58 a.m. on December 24, leaving her home in the Wildhorse subdivision on the 11000 block of Caspian Spring. Neighbor surveillance footage showed her rummaging through her car before walking away on foot, dressed in a black North Face sweater with baby blue accents, baby blue shorts, and white shoes. She left her phone charging in her bedroom—a deviation from her usual routine of taking it on morning walks. Her mother, Rosario Olmos, grew concerned when Camila did not return, contacting her separated husband Alfonso Mendoza and her ex-boyfriend, both of whom had not seen her, before alerting authorities.
