A Texas father is pleading for answers that will lead to the whereabouts of his 24-year-old daughter, who hasn’t been seen in weeks.
According to Houston police, Sydney Marquez was last seen in southwest Houston’s Chinatown district on December 11, near a shopping center in the 9100 block of Bellaire Blvd.
KHOU 11 reports that she was spotted on security footage that day, walking northbound on Ranchester Drive, on a sidewalk.
“It didn’t look like she was in distress, like a normal walk, not running, not staggering, it certainly appeared to be a normal, normal walk,” Tim Miller with Texas EquuSearch said.
Sydney’s father, Raul Marquez, said she had been in a diverse area of town and people may be afraid of coming forward, due to their immigration status.
“If you see my daughter, if she’s endangered. Please don’t stay quiet,” her father, Raul Marquez, said. “If you see something, if you know something, please say something. I miss my daughter. She needs to come home.”
“They may be scared to reach out because of their immigration status. But if you see something, if you know something, please say something.”
Chron reports that Sydney had traveled from El Paso to Houston, to meet up with a friend. She left behind her phones, makeup, and clothes, inside her abandoned car in the Southwest Houston neighborhood.
Family members said Sydney suffers from mental health issues had been off her medication when she walked away. Her father said she has wandered off before.
At least one friend has been questioned and is said to have been cooperating with authorities.
“He was 100 percent cooperating and the father and him actually went to HPD and really questioned him and everything, I think they did everything that was necessary to do,” Miller told KHOU.
Sydney recently graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in neuroscience. She’s described as standing 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing around 120 pounds. She has short reddish, brown hair, wears glasses and has a four-leaf clover tattoo on her left wrist.
Houston police are urging anyone with information to contact them at 832-394-1840 or Texas Equusearch at 281-309-9500.
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[Feature Photo via Houston PD]