Vanished at the Airport: The Unresolved Disappearance of Paulino Del Mundo

Background and Identity

Paulino Norberto Del Mundo Jr., also known as Pauline, Paula, or Paulino Del Mundo, was a 59‑year‑old transgender woman of Filipino descent and a naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Tampa, Florida. Legally identified as male, Del Mundo presented and lived as a woman in everyday life. She worked as a certified nursing assistant at a federal veterans hospital, and was described by her family as bubbly, cheerful, and close‑knit.

Circumstances of the Disappearance

Del Mundo began her journey with a flight from Tampa to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on September 14, 2019. She was scheduled to connect to an American Airlines flight to Cozumel, Mexico, for a ten‑day vacation, staying at an Iberostar hotel that confirmed she never checked in. During her layover, she contacted family shortly before 6 p.m. local time, saying she had changed her mind and requested assistance getting a ticket back to Tampa. After that call, she vanished—and neither boarded the flight to Mexico nor returned home....Read More

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