TX SYDNEY MARQUEZ: Missing from Houston, TX - 11 Dec 2025 - Age 24 *Found Safe* (1 Viewer)

El Paso family asks for help finding woman missing in Houston

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – An El Paso family is asking for the public’s help in finding a 24-year-old woman who was last seen in Houston earlier this month. Sydney Marquez was reported missing after she was last seen on Dec. 11 in the 9100 block of Bellaire Boulevard, according to Houston police...

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El Paso family asks for help finding woman missing in Houston​

An El Paso family is asking for the public’s help in finding a 24-year-old woman who was last seen in Houston earlier this month.

Sydney Marquez was reported missing after she was last seen on Dec. 11 in the 9100 block of Bellaire Boulevard, according to Houston police.

“This happened on December 11th. We heard from her friend that Sydney was missing and she never went back to the hotel room where they were staying,” Sydney’s sister Clarissa Marquez said.

Clarissa Marquez said the family traveled to Houston immediately and began searching for answers, speaking with local businesses and requesting surveillance video in the area where Sydney was last seen.

“We were trying to get camera footage. Local businesses were very supportive,” Marquez said. “Social media, Facebook groups, Instagram and TikTok have really been helping us.”

The family said they later learned Sydney’s vehicle had been left on Rochester Street near Bellaire Boulevard and that video showed her walking along the roadway.

“That area is not a good area to be in,” Marquez said.

Marquez said her sister left behind her belongings, including clothing, electronic devices and makeup. She added that her sister was clinically diagnosed bipolar, which concerns the family because they’re worried someone could be taking advantage of her.

“That’s not normal. You don’t just not go back to your hotel room,” she said.


MEDIA - SYDNEY MARQUEZ: Missing from Houston, TX - 11 Dec 2025 - Age 24

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

'Nightmare before Christmas' | Texas father makes emotional plea as search for missing woman in Houston enters second week

The father of a missing woman is urging anyone in southwest Houston to come forward, saying time is critical as the search enters its second week.

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'Nightmare before Christmas' | Texas father makes emotional plea as search for missing woman in Houston enters second week​

The father of Sydney Marquez is urging the public to come forward with any information as the search for his missing daughter reaches nearly two weeks, saying the family is running out of time and is desperate for answers.

It's been 12 days since the 24-year-old was last seen in southwest Houston. Her parents and three sisters spoke publicly this week, calling the ordeal a “nightmare before Christmas” and asking anyone who may have seen her to contact authorities, regardless of 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.”

Marquez said his daughter was last seen in a diverse area of southwest Houston and acknowledged that some people may be hesitant to reach out to police.

“They may be scared to reach out because of their immigration status. But if you see something, if you know something, please say something,” he said.

KHOU 11 has obtained surveillance footage from the area that shows Marquez walking northbound along the sidewalk on Ranchester Road on the night of Dec. 11. Tim Miller with Texas EquuSearch said the video does not indicate she was in distress.

“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,” Miller said.

Miller said search efforts in the immediate area have now been exhausted and teams are continuing to move forward.

“We’re back to square one and again it’s process of elimination, this area is now eliminated, so we have to keep moving forward,” he said.

Family members said Marquez struggles with mental health challenges and was off her medication at the time she disappeared. Her father said she has wandered off alone before. On the night she went missing, he said she was visiting friends in Houston and was able to sneak away in a friend’s car. He said she was gone for several hours before leaving the vehicle running in a parking lot with her belongings inside and walking off alone.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Missing Texas woman’s parents: ‘We’re clueless’ on where she went

“Every indication shows that she was heading back to her hotel,” Raul Marquez, Sydney’s father, said about his daughter.

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Missing Texas woman’s parents: ‘We’re clueless’ on where she went​

The family of Sydney Marquez says they are clueless about where she could have disappeared to or how she went missing.

“She just was a bright, happy person and loves her family,” mother Luz Marquez told NewsNation’s “Banfield.” “She had a lot of reasons to be continuing with her plans in her life, and she left a lot of things down here in El Paso.”

Marquez, 24, has been missing since Dec. 11. Surveillance video showed her last being seen walking near the hotel where she was staying while in Houston visiting friends.

Her vehicle was later found abandoned in the southwest part of the city.

“Every indication shows that she was heading back to her hotel,” added Raul Marquez, Sydney’s father. “Her phone’s there, her iPad’s there, her class ring is there, her clothing is there. There is just no explanation why she didn’t make it back to her hotel.”


Raul Marquez said they recently learned of new footage showing his daughter just 150 yards from the hotel where they were staying.

“She was trying to get to our hotel,” he noted. “But for some reason or another, she kept going westbound on Harwin (Drive). That’s the last footage we have.”

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/new-details-case-texas-a-m-grad-reported-missing-21270169.php

New footage released in search for 24-year-old Texas A&M grad​

The parents of 24-year-old Texas A&M grad Sydney Marquez said they are “clueless” as to where their daughter could’ve gone, with new footage shedding light on the investigation into her disappearance.

Surveillance footage released by NewsNation on Tuesday shows Marquez about half-a-mile from her hotel in Houston on Dec. 12 at approximately 12:27 a.m. Her father, Raul Marquez, said his daughter should’ve gone to her hotel room and that he was “clueless” as to where she was headed instead.

“She’s literally 150 yards from her hotel,” Raul told Brian Entin with NewsNation. “So, she was trying to get to her hotel, but for some reason or another she kept going westbound on Harwin (Drive), and that’s the last footage we have.”

The AWARE Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting families with missing loved ones, said Marquez was visiting a friend in Houston. The 24-year-old reportedly left behind her phones, clothes and makeup in her car near the city’s Chinatown neighborhood.

Raul told NewsNation his daughter’s friends were waiting for her and contacted him the day after her disappearance to let him know she hadn’t returned, later filing a missing persons report.

Texas Equusearch, a nonprofit search and recovery organization, is assisting in the search for Marquez.


Mark Edwards, field operations manager with the nonprofit, told NewsNation that Sydney’s car appeared to have mechanical difficulties the night she went missing. Surveillance video captured her walking at least 2 miles from her vehicle.

Investigators have tried to get into Sydney’s phone, but a six-digit passcode needed for access was sent to her old phone number, Edwards said. Sydney's old number is now in use by a woman in El Paso who allegedly refused to cooperate.

“They refuse to give us that code so we can get into that phone to a point where it appears they’re requiring a fee of $1,000 to do that,” Edwards told Entin. “It’s dastardly.”

 

[Sllywbbt32]

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/new-details-case-texas-a-m-grad-reported-missing-21270169.php

New footage released in search for 24-year-old Texas A&M grad​

The parents of 24-year-old Texas A&M grad Sydney Marquez said they are “clueless” as to where their daughter could’ve gone, with new footage shedding light on the investigation into her disappearance.

Surveillance footage released by NewsNation on Tuesday shows Marquez about half-a-mile from her hotel in Houston on Dec. 12 at approximately 12:27 a.m. Her father, Raul Marquez, said his daughter should’ve gone to her hotel room and that he was “clueless” as to where she was headed instead.

“She’s literally 150 yards from her hotel,” Raul told Brian Entin with NewsNation. “So, she was trying to get to her hotel, but for some reason or another she kept going westbound on Harwin (Drive), and that’s the last footage we have.”

The AWARE Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting families with missing loved ones, said Marquez was visiting a friend in Houston. The 24-year-old reportedly left behind her phones, clothes and makeup in her car near the city’s Chinatown neighborhood.

Raul told NewsNation his daughter’s friends were waiting for her and contacted him the day after her disappearance to let him know she hadn’t returned, later filing a missing persons report.

Texas Equusearch, a nonprofit search and recovery organization, is assisting in the search for Marquez.


Mark Edwards, field operations manager with the nonprofit, told NewsNation that Sydney’s car appeared to have mechanical difficulties the night she went missing. Surveillance video captured her walking at least 2 miles from her vehicle.

Investigators have tried to get into Sydney’s phone, but a six-digit passcode needed for access was sent to her old phone number, Edwards said. Sydney's old number is now in use by a woman in El Paso who allegedly refused to cooperate.

“They refuse to give us that code so we can get into that phone to a point where it appears they’re requiring a fee of $1,000 to do that,” Edwards told Entin. “It’s dastardly.”

That's disgusting that someone is trying to profit off of a family looking for a missing loved one.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I'm glad to see there is a thread on this. thanks for making one.

I heard all of the above. I had not heard the bipolar part. But everything else.

Didn't have it in me to detail it all but yes about her being near her hotel and turning or continuing the wrong way, no phone with her, phone and Ipad were back in the hotel room I believe. Car broke down or something and left it in a right laten of a boulevard.

I'm not sure what she was doing out in the first place though or driving, and not taking her phone and so on. I didn't have time to delve into it further and not sure that info is out there anyhow.

It's' worrisome and I'd hate to see another outcome like Camila's. Or another type of bad outcome. Any bad outcome.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Okay I guess we missed news earlier today that Sydney was found BUT hang on, she is missing AGAIN.

Here is an easy and quick "short" telling of it.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

So, it sounds like the police have closed their missing persons case and she is "missing" of her own free will.

Family says Sydney Marquez was found safe, but say the situation is far from resolved

Volunteers, family, and police spent days searching. Here’s what we know now.

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Family says Sydney Marquez was found safe, but say the situation is far from resolved​

We're learning brand new details after 24-year-old Sydney Marquez was found alive nearly three weeks after she went missing.

Her family tells KHOU 11 News that they still haven't been able to speak with her and don't know where she is.

We got an update Friday afternoon from Jersey Village police, who say that they talked with Sydney briefly Friday morning but determined that she was not a threat or in danger to herself or to others, so they let her go. They said the legal criteria for an emergency detention order were not met.

Police also say that they offered help to Sydney, but she declined.

Jersey Village police say that someone spotted Sydney just before 1 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Seattle Street and Senate Avenue, and that person called police.

Police say EMS gave a medical evaluation to Sydney on the scene and determined there were no visible signs of trauma and no immediate need for further medical attention. Police also say that officers offered Sydney help, including hotel accommodations and food, but she refused.

Officers say Sydney asked to leave on her own free will, and she didn't want any help, so she was released.

Sydney's family says police should not have let her walk away.

Why police say they couldn't hold Sydney Marquez and instead released her before her parents arrived

Sydney Marquez's family has spent weeks looking for the missing 24-year-old. Here's why police didn't hold her when they found her Friday morning.

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Why police say they couldn't hold Sydney Marquez and instead released her before her parents arrived​

KHOU 11 News obtained exclusive Ring Doorbell video showing part of the encounter between Sydney and the responding officers.

"Right now, they're saying you're a missing person. We have an obligation," one officer is heard saying.

"OK, you found me. Congratulations. I'm 24 years old. I am an adult. I am not missing. You found me," Sydney said in response.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Yeah worth watching the short and reading yours. The short also says she I think agreed to talk to her father but then reneged and she told LE she'd email her mother some time down the line. Father contacted the trafficking or something foundation...

And yes, officers offered her a hotel room and food I think free but she didn't want to stay.

I agree she is an adult and maybe there is something going on but if she was making her own decision and made it, then her parents are wrong staying they should not have let her go. And for all we know too maybe there is something wrong there.

It's hard I'm sure, for the parents. There seems to be no crime, she made her own decision. HOPEFULLY she is not with some trafficking thing or under some threat causing her to decide this but it doesn't appear to be so. I would encourage people to watch the short too just because her father is in contact with some help over that kind of thing or some such.

Might be more to it but hey couldn't hold her.

I don't know what the H I am still doing up. Little bit yet and down for the count. Watching some Netflix with the hard news today like the 4 yr old AL child. Something light. Then I hear this re Sydney BUT she is alive at least. And maybe her parents just need to embrace that.

 

[Guess Who]

So, it sounds like the police have closed their missing persons case and she is "missing" of her own free will.

Family says Sydney Marquez was found safe, but say the situation is far from resolved

Volunteers, family, and police spent days searching. Here’s what we know now.

www.khou.com

Family says Sydney Marquez was found safe, but say the situation is far from resolved​

We're learning brand new details after 24-year-old Sydney Marquez was found alive nearly three weeks after she went missing.

Her family tells KHOU 11 News that they still haven't been able to speak with her and don't know where she is.

We got an update Friday afternoon from Jersey Village police, who say that they talked with Sydney briefly Friday morning but determined that she was not a threat or in danger to herself or to others, so they let her go. They said the legal criteria for an emergency detention order were not met.

Police also say that they offered help to Sydney, but she declined.

Jersey Village police say that someone spotted Sydney just before 1 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Seattle Street and Senate Avenue, and that person called police.

Police say EMS gave a medical evaluation to Sydney on the scene and determined there were no visible signs of trauma and no immediate need for further medical attention. Police also say that officers offered Sydney help, including hotel accommodations and food, but she refused.

Officers say Sydney asked to leave on her own free will, and she didn't want any help, so she was released.

Sydney's family says police should not have let her walk away.

Why police say they couldn't hold Sydney Marquez and instead released her before her parents arrived

Sydney Marquez's family has spent weeks looking for the missing 24-year-old. Here's why police didn't hold her when they found her Friday morning.

www.khou.com

Why police say they couldn't hold Sydney Marquez and instead released her before her parents arrived​

KHOU 11 News obtained exclusive Ring Doorbell video showing part of the encounter between Sydney and the responding officers.

"Right now, they're saying you're a missing person. We have an obligation," one officer is heard saying.

"OK, you found me. Congratulations. I'm 24 years old. I am an adult. I am not missing. You found me," Sydney said in response.

No, the parents are not correct that they should have detained her. She's an adult and chooses not to contact them. LE did their job by finding her, contacting her, verified she was safe enough and contacted her parents about her status.

There is possibly a good reason why she chooses not to contact them at the moment. Sometimes people are better off cutting of contact with people that are toxic to them. Not saying this is the case here, but she has her reasons, valid or not

 

[GrandmaBear]

It could be as simple as she is with a man the parents don't like. Hard to say but we've seen that one before.

Or just overbearing parents. Seen that too, they can't get out from under their thumb even when over 18.

I do worry she isn't in a good spot or LE wouldn't have offered her a free room so wondering if she has any resources at all. However, that may have been just to try to convince her to stay and talk to her parents and she likely said she wasn't going to their house or something on that order.

LE can do 72 hour holds too and they must have seen no reason for a mental health hold or that she's a danger to self or others.

I worry she may be with a bad person but they can't hold her if she decides to return, etc. It's within her rights.

 

[Tresir]

Yeah worth watching the short and reading yours. The short also says she I think agreed to talk to her father but then reneged and she told LE she'd email her mother some time down the line. Father contacted the trafficking or something foundation...

And yes, officers offered her a hotel room and food I think free but she didn't want to stay.

I agree she is an adult and maybe there is something going on but if she was making her own decision and made it, then her parents are wrong staying they should not have let her go. And for all we know too maybe there is something wrong there.

It's hard I'm sure, for the parents. There seems to be no crime, she made her own decision. HOPEFULLY she is not with some trafficking thing or under some threat causing her to decide this but it doesn't appear to be so. I would encourage people to watch the short too just because her father is in contact with some help over that kind of thing or some such.

Might be more to it but hey couldn't hold her.

I don't know what the H I am still doing up. Little bit yet and down for the count. Watching some Netflix with the hard news today like the 4 yr old AL child. Something light. Then I hear this re Sydney BUT she is alive at least. And maybe her parents just need to embrace that.

I think that LE should only let people go if the person calls someone to come and pick them up. There is clearly something not quite right in situations like this.

Imagine for example, they let them go and they are found dead.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I think that LE should only let people go if the person calls someone to come and pick them up. There is clearly something not quite right in situations like this.

Imagine for example, they let them go and they are found dead.

It sounds like they talked to her enough and they absolutely cannot keep her if she wants to go, she violated no law.

I get your example but that's like saying she'd be safer at home and making her go there only to find her dead the next day by a parent or maybe one is running from an abusive bf and is found dead by their hand.

They can't go on "ifs". She has a right to go.

ETA: Other than what I said above, by a 72 hour hold but they have to have reason for that.

 

[Kimster]

I hope she isn’t choosing to become homeless.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Me too. She could have taken or requested help but apparently decided not to. I'm not sure we will ever know what in full was going on UNLESS something happens with her again and maybe not even then.

 

[Tresir]

It sounds like they talked to her enough and they absolutely cannot keep her if she wants to go, she violated no law.

I get your example but that's like saying she'd be safer at home and making her go there only to find her dead the next day by a parent or maybe one is running from an abusive bf and is found dead by their hand.

They can't go on "ifs". She has a right to go.

ETA: Other than what I said above, by a 72 hour hold but they have to have reason for that.

No its not like saying she'd be safer at home. That would be what LE think. If she phones somebody of her own choice to come and get her then it is not a LE decision at all. She could call a cab for example or a friend.

 

[GrandmaBear]

No its not like saying she'd be safer at home. That would be what LE think. If she phones somebody of her own choice to come and get her then it is not a LE decision at all. She could call a cab for example or a friend.

Do we know she didn't? Or have someone waiting, etc.?

I get what you are saying but they can't make an adult do any such thing. Again she broke no law and had every right to do as she pleased and they had no reason for a mental health, etc. hold apparently.

 

[Guess Who]

I think that LE should only let people go if the person calls someone to come and pick them up. There is clearly something not quite right in situations like this.

Imagine for example, they let them go and they are found dead.

Or they are forced back and end up dead, too.

 

[Guess Who]

No its not like saying she'd be safer at home. That would be what LE think. If she phones somebody of her own choice to come and get her then it is not a LE decision at all. She could call a cab for example or a friend.

Do you know she wasn't with somebody of her own choice?

 

[GrandmaBear]

The law is the law. LE was satisfied apparently and knew they had no reason to hold her. I'm guessing they tried to suggest and coax her and tell her her parents are very worried, who knows what she is doing but maybe even asked her if she was sure of what she was doing but that's about as far as they can go. They offered her free hotel which if in a bad situation would have given her a place to stay.

I'd say they did what they could most likely and had to let her go. It's different for everyone but the only control you generally have over your children once they hit 18 is if they live with you for free, you pay any of their bills or they abide by your control or rules willingly. She is 24 years old. Six years past adulthood.

Apparently she wanted out but let's hope control didn't have her running to the wrong person or getting caught up in the wrong thing to support her now. Not sure of it all but she can leave if she likes. Just the way it is.

Cops are under enough unfair fire sometimes (sometimes fair it goes both ways) these days and they abided by what they could or could not do. Her parents know she is ALIVE. And doesn't want to see them. And ALIVE is the biggest thing imo for any parent.