Missing Camila Mendoz Olmos: Dashcam captures last sighting of Texas teen who vanished Christmas Eve
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In a significant development, Texas authorities have released dashcam footage capturing the last confirmed sighting of Camila Mendoza Olmos. The 19-year-old has been missing since the morning of Christmas Eve, and concerns are rising as she is believed to be “in imminent danger.”

The captured video, albeit grainy, shows a solitary figure wearing attire similar to what Mendoza Olmos was last seen in. The footage was taken on Wildhorse Parkway, between Shetland Wind and Caspian Spring in Bexar County, Texas, just minutes after she left her family home.

According to Sheriff Javier Salazar, a neighbor on their way to work recorded the footage using a dashboard camera. The sighting occurred merely a few blocks from Mendoza Olmos’s residence. Authorities have yet to dismiss the possibility that “somebody may have taken her” following this sighting.

“We are sharing this footage in the hope that someone else might have captured similar video,” Sheriff Salazar stated during a news briefing on Monday. “This has been the most promising lead on her direction of flight that we’ve identified so far.”

Camila Mendoza Olmos wearing graduation cap

Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, was last seen outside her home in San Antonio, Texas, on Christmas Eve, authorities said. (Bexar County Sheriff’s Office)

Mendoza Olmos is believed to have left her home on Caspian Spring, turned left on the parkway and continued north to parts unknown, he said.

The missing teen was last seen wearing a baby blue and black hoodie, baby blue pajama pants and white shoes, according to authorities.

“We just have a feeling that someone took her,” her aunt, Nancy Olmos, told Fox News’ Lawrence Jones on “FOX & Friends” Tuesday morning. “Someone took her from outside.”

WATCH: Missing Camila Mendoza Olmos’ last ‘confirmed sighting’ captured on commuter’s dashcam video

However, she called rumors that her ex-boyfriend could be behind her disappearance “fake news.” She said the two had recently split on “good terms” and that the two families have been close for decades.

The missing teen’s cousin, Destiny Mendoza, also told the show that nothing seemed unusual the last time she spoke with Mendoza Olmos on Dec. 23.

“Everything was completely normal, it was just, ‘Oh I love you I’ll talk to you after the gym,’” she said.

She added that her cousin wasn’t a fan of the outdoors and didn’t like hiking or nature trails.

Camila Mendoza Olmos photo

Camila Mendoza Olmos was last seen around 6:58 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, in northwest Bexar County, Texas. (Bexar County Sheriff’s Office)

“At this point we’ve got several different theories,” Sheriff Salazar said.

There is some evidence of past “bouts of depression,” he said, before adding that’s common in young people.

“We’ve got to consider all possibilities, from disappearing willfully to the possibility of self-harm, to somebody may have taken her,” he said. “Maybe, after this video, somebody may have taken her.”

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone who lives in the area or was driving through at the time to call 210-335-6000 or email BCSOTips@bexar.org.

Grainy dashcam video shows a lone figure walking near Mendoza Olmos' home minutes after she was last seen leaving on Christmas Eve

A still image taken from grainy dashcam video shows a lone figure walking near missing Camila Mendoza Olmos’ home minutes after she was last seen leaving on Christmas Eve. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office described the video as the “last confirmed sighting” of the missing 19-year-old. (Bexar County Sheriff’s Office)

“If you live two or three communities over, it doesn’t cost you much more than time to just look through your surveillance camera video from [Christmas Eve] and let us know, and we’ll be the judge of it,” Salazar said.

He said the FBI is assisting with the analysis of digital evidence, including devices and additional video — and that Homeland Security has been monitoring flight and border crossing records.

“Not that we have any direct information that would lead us to believe that she left the country, but again, we would be remiss if we didn’t check everything,” the sheriff said.

And although Mendoz Olmos is a U.S. citizen, Salazar said his office also checked with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to see if they’d run into her. 

“That didn’t lead us to anything,” he said. “They indicated that they did not have her in custody, but we would have been remiss if we did not ask that question.”

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