Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 02/10/2001
- Missing From:
- Missing From Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race Hispanic
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 11/29/1983 (41)
- Age:
- Age 17 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’0, 130 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A beige t-shirt, blue spandex capri shorts and blue sandals. Carrying a blue backpack.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Black hair, brown eyes. Yeritza has a large birthmark on her left hand and a five-inch scar on her right leg. One of her upper left teeth is missing.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Yeritza disappeared in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico on February 10, 2001, and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. Police think Amilcar Matias Torres took her. He’s in prison now for trying to get teenage girls he met online to have sex with him.
Police found pictures of Yeritza hidden under Torres’s house. His own brother said Torres knew Yeritza. The police think Torres might have killed other girls too, because he’s also suspected in the disappearances of Kamyle Burgos Ortiz and Cristina Ruiz-Rodriguez, but he’s never been charged with those crimes either.
Even though there’s strong evidence against him, Torres hasn’t been charged with Yeritza’s disappearance. Her family still hopes she’s alive. The case is still a mystery.
- Agency:
- Interpol Puerto Rico 787-475-4378
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 02/10/2001