Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 01/19/2005
- Missing From:
- Missing From Fort Myers, Florida
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race Hispanic
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 06/14/1971 (53)
- Age:
- Age 33 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’6, 130 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description Blue jeans and a blue sweatshirt.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Wheeler may use the alias first names Betty and/or Monica. She has a tattoo of a butterfly on her neck and a tattoo of the cartoon character Tweety Bird on the right side of her abdomen. Wheeler wears hair extensions and her ears are pierced.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On January 19, 2005, at 3:00 p.m., a woman named Wheeler disappeared. She was last seen with a man named Jesus Cruz-Perez (also known as “Tony”) in his green 1999 Ford Expedition XLT (license plate J55CVH). They were headed to a car auction in Fort Myers, Florida. Cruz-Perez also drives a black 1999 Mercedes SUV (license plate G39TRB). (A picture of Cruz-Perez is available.)
At 6:00 p.m. that day, Wheeler called her sister to say she was coming home, but she never arrived. Her family didn’t report her missing until January 24th.
Both Wheeler and Cruz-Perez (born July 2, 1967; Hispanic, 5’7″, brown hair, brown eyes) are considered missing under suspicious circumstances. Wheeler lived with her mother in Immokalee, Florida, and has three children. The police are investigating, but both cases remain unsolved.
- Agency:
- Collier County Sheriff’s Office 239-774-4434
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 01/19/2005