Mariela Yoselin Bajurto-Mejia was reported missing from Spring, Texas, after she was last seen on September 18, 2022, in the area of The Woodlands in Montgomery County. Her case was entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System the federal repository that supports law-enforcement-led searches for missing people across the United States. According to the case record, she was 15 years old at the time she disappeared.
NamUs serves as the platform of record for this investigation and connects families and investigators, helping to organize physical descriptors, last-seen details, and investigative contacts in one place.
Information recorded for Mariela notes that she had recently moved to Texas from Honduras. On the date she went missing, she left the residence with a phone but did not tell anyone where she was going. When she left, she was described as wearing a black and yellow crop top with matching pants. These details are documented in the NamUs case entry, which captures narrative circumstances alongside descriptive fields to aid public awareness and law-enforcement follow-up.
Her case is being handled locally by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in Texas, which is the primary investigative agency for missing juveniles reported in unincorporated areas that include Spring and The Woodlands. The sheriff’s office provides public guidance on reporting and routing information related to missing persons and works with state and federal partners when appropriate.
Texas maintains a statewide Missing Persons Clearinghouse and an online bulletin operated by the Department of Public Safety to support these cases. The clearinghouse offers a centralized, searchable resource that complements NamUs by distributing identifying information and circumstances to the public and by giving investigators another channel for leads. Mariela’s disappearance falls within the scope of these systems, which are designed to mobilize attention across jurisdictions and encourage community tips that may help bring a missing child home.Last Seen: Sep 18, 2022
