Ana Daisy Guevara Valdez was a 20-year-old woman last known to be in Los Angeles, California, where public records list her disappearance date as January 1, 1974, though the available information also indicates the exact date is uncertain and that 1974 is the clearest known timeframe. She was working in Los Angeles when her family was still hearing from her regularly. Then, sometime in 1974, that contact suddenly stopped.
There is no public record indicating that Ana had planned to leave her family behind or intentionally disappear; the known circumstances describe a young woman whose communication with loved ones ended abruptly, leaving her family without answers.
Public case information has appeared with small variations over time. A Websleuths thread originally summarized NamUs information under the name “Anna Daisy Guevara Valdez,” while later references and The Charley Project use “Ana Daisy Guevara Valdez.” The same discussion listed her as female, Hispanic/Latino, with brown hair and brown eyes, and recorded Los Angeles, California, as the city and county connected to the case. A later summary in that thread quoted The Charley Project’s profile, stating that Ana was working in Los Angeles at the time of her disappearance, that her family heard from her regularly until sometime in 1974, and that she was never heard from again, with the circumstances of her disappearance unclear.
The Websleuths discussion also reflects how Ana’s case drew attention from people attempting to compare her disappearance to unidentified-person cases in California. Over time, users raised possible comparisons to several unidentified women, including Doe Network cases and NamUs unidentified-person cases, because of similarities in age range, location, physical description, or the reported use of the name Ana or Anna in one unidentified case. One user said they submitted a possible comparison, while another later reported that they had contacted the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office and were told a comparison could not be made in one instance because there was no DNA for the unidentified person and only DNA for the missing person. These comparisons were part of online discussions and should not be treated as confirmed identifications.
Additional information discussed online suggested that Ana may have originated from El Salvador, possibly from the Ciudad Delgado area, and may have worked as a maid in a household in Los Angeles. A commenter stated that her sister Elizabeth was still looking for her and that her mother had died without learning the full truth. These details appear to have come from social media or online discussion rather than a complete official case narrative, so they should be handled with care. Still, they add a human dimension to the case: Ana was not only a name in a database, but a daughter and sister whose disappearance left her family searching across years and across distance.
Later online discussion noted uncertainty about whether Ana’s case had truly been resolved, with one commenter in 2025 observing that she was still listed as missing at that time. However, another Websleuths user posted in June 2026 that Ana’s NamUs page had been removed, a development that can occur when a case status changes or a record is no longer publicly listed. The investigating agency has reported that Ana Guevara Valdez was found deceased, but publicly available information does not clearly provide the exact date, location, or circumstances of her death. For that reason, the most accurate public summary is that Ana’s case began as the disappearance of a young woman working in Los Angeles in 1974, whose contact with family abruptly ended, and later ended with the report that she had been found deceased, though many details remain unclear. In overview, Ana’s case remains a deeply sad 1970s Los Angeles disappearance marked by limited official public detail, years of uncertainty for her family, and a final reported resolution that confirms her death without fully explaining the path from her last known contact to the end of the case.Last Seen: Jan 1, 1974
