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Maria Contreras Lopez Missing Person Case

Last seen in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on Sep 29, 2016

Victim Details

Jul 27, 2017

Apr 27, 2023

Maria

Contreras Lopez

25

16

63 inches

115 lbs

Hispanic / Latino

Female

Sep 29, 2016

Oak Ridge

Tennessee

Anderson County

37830

No

33044

Oak Ridge Police Department

Oak Ridge

Tennessee

Anderson County

37830

200 South Tulane Avenue, Tennessee

8654254399

Local

Law Enforcement

http://www.oakridgetn.gov/department/ORPD/Home

16-15777

Oak Ridge Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

07/13/2026


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In the autumn of 2016, a sense of unease settled over a family in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, when 16-year-old Maria Alejandra Contreras Lopez vanished on September 29th. A Hispanic female with brown hair and brown eyes, Maria was a teenager on the cusp of young adulthood. At the time of her disappearance, she was described as being 5'3' and weighing approximately 115 pounds. The circumstances surrounding her leaving were quiet and without any immediate signs of overt conflict; she had simpl ...
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Last Seen: Sep 29, 2016

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