On **September 5, 2005**, **13‑year‑old Stephanie Guerrero**, a Hispanic/Latina girl from **Tampa, Florida**, was reported missing. According to the official **NamUs record **, this date marks her **last confirmed contact**. At the time of her disappearance, she was described as being approximately **5 ft 8 in tall**, weighing around **170 lbs**, with **brown hair**, **brown eyes**, and possibly wearing **eyeglasses**.
Stephanie disappeared along with her two younger sisters—**12‑year‑old Antonia Guerrero** and **11‑year‑old Sandra Lopez**. All three were reportedly taken by their **non‑custodial mother**, **Vivian Martinez**, on or around the date they vanished. A **felony warrant for kidnapping** was issued for Martinez by law enforcement in **November 2005**, and authorities believed the children may have been taken to **Mexico**, where Martinez had connections, though it was also considered possible they remained within the Tampa area.
Stephanie’s NamUs file confirms she was entered into the **National Missing and Unidentified Persons System**, with case number **MP19907**, and a corresponding **NCMEC case number** of **1023185**. The Tampa Police Department handled the investigation, recorded under case number **05‑512219**, with the report officially filed on **September 7, 2005**.
Public discussion on forums such as **Websleuths** indicates that the case has remained relatively obscure despite its severity. Forum members have questioned the scant media coverage and the lack of clarity around the timeline and follow-up investigation.
Records on **forthelost.org** reveal that **Stephanie was ultimately located safe in April 2019**. Her sisters were also found safe: **Antonia in January 2020** and **Sandra in February 2023**, all presumably after an extended period of disappearance caused by the family abduction.
Though the initial disappearance marked a prolonged cold case, all three sisters were eventually found safe, bringing some measure of closure to a case that began nearly two decades earlier.
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Last Seen: Sep 05, 2005
