Summary based on the NamUs case record (MP138190)
Jennifer Paola Lopez Gonzalez was 16 years old when she was last reported missing from Catawba, South Carolina, in York County. Public case information identifies her as a young woman with brown hair and brown eyes, standing about 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighing about 155 pounds. She was reported missing to the York County Sheriff’s Office on November 18, 2022, the same date listed as her last contact.
The available public details place her last known location in the Catawba area, a small community in South Carolina, where her disappearance quickly became a matter of concern for her family and local investigators.
The circumstances described by authorities were deeply troubling for those who loved her. According to public reporting, Jennifer was last seen on the morning of Friday, November 18, when she was supposed to be going to school. The York County Sheriff’s Office said she had texted a cousin saying that she was going to live somewhere else and telling them not to worry about her. After that message, her family did not hear from her again. Investigators also shared that she may have been traveling to Nebraska, where her boyfriend lived, giving the search a possible direction beyond South Carolina.
As the days and years moved forward, Jennifer’s absence left behind the kind of uncertainty that is especially painful for a family: a message that suggested she had left voluntarily, but no reassuring follow-up, no confirmed safe return in the public information provided, and no clear explanation of what happened after she was last contacted. Cases involving teenagers can be complicated by the possibility of travel, relationships, changing plans, or fear of returning home, but the central concern remains simple and human: Jennifer was a minor, her family reported that they had not heard from her since that text, and law enforcement asked the public for help locating her.
The York County Sheriff’s Office remained the investigating agency connected to the case, with public notices asking anyone with information about Jennifer’s whereabouts to contact the agency at 803-628-3059. Her case was also listed through NamUs, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, a national resource used to help organize and share information about missing persons cases. NamUs is described by federal sources as a centralized repository and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases, used by law enforcement, families, medical examiners, coroners, and the public to support case resolution efforts.
Jennifer’s story begins with an ordinary school morning in Catawba and turns on one brief message saying she was leaving. From there, the public record offers only a narrow trail: a family left without contact, authorities considering the possibility that she may have been headed toward Nebraska, and identifying details released in hopes that someone might recognize her or know where she went. At its heart, this is the case of Jennifer Paola Lopez Gonzalez, a 16-year-old girl from York County, South Carolina, last seen on November 18, 2022, whose family reported that communication ended after she said she was leaving, and whose case depends on anyone with credible information coming forward.Last Seen: Nov 18, 2022
