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Mom’s haunting words after cops found body during search for missing Texas teen Camila Mendoza Olmos

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Nicholas McEntyre

Published Dec. 31, 2025, 8:17 a.m. ET

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Body found in search for teen reported missing on Christmas Eve

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The heartbroken mother of missing teen Camila Mendoza Olmos hauntingly uttered the same four words as officials recovered a body near the family’s San Antonio home on Tuesday.

Rosario Olmos was left in shock when sheriff’s deputies and FBI agents recovered human remains in a Bexar County field nearly a full week after the 19-year-old disappeared during her Christmas Eve walk.

“So close to home,” the elder Olmos repeatedly uttered, according to Frank Trevino, who has helped with the search for Camila.

“Her eyes were not there,” Trevino told the Daily Mail about Rosario after the haunting discovery.

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Camila Mendoza Olmos went missing on Christmas Eve.Instagram/camila

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Camila Olmos’ mother, Rosario, speaks to reporters after a body was found in the search for her missing daughter.Noticias Telemundo
The body found Tuesday was noted to have been in the field for about five or six days, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar told reporters.

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A firearm owned by a relative was reported missing from the home after Olmos disappeared.

A gun was recovered near the body, but officials haven’t announced if it was the same one that had gone missing at the family’s home.

The gun found in the field was a 9mm Luger pistol, according to the Daily Mail, reporting it to be the same make as the one that went missing.

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Camila Olmos was last seen at her house on Christmas Eve morning before she was reported missing by her mother.Facebook/Jaidah Fuchs
A source told the outlet the remains also matched the description of Olmos.

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A search party walks through a wooded area after Camila Olmos went missing on what was believed to be her regular morning walk.Noticias Telemundo
Camila Olmos, an aspiring orthodontist, was last seen by her mother getting out of bed on Christmas Eve, believed to be going on her regular morning walk.

Video footage from outside the home captured the teen, wearing pajama shorts and a black hoodie, rummaging through her car before the clip cut off.

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Camila Mendoza Olmos was studying to become an orthodontist at Northwest Vista College.Instagram/camilaIt wasn’t known what Olmos was looking for, but officials revealed the teen had left her phone at home.

Officials had previously searched the field roughly 250 yards from Olmos’ home, but returned after learning they missed some parts due to the high brush in the area.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has not identified the remains or the cause of death.

Foul play is not expected in the death of the unidentified body, with indicators pointing to results of “self-harm,” Salazar said.

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A car’s dashcam is believed to have captured the missing teen the morning she disappeared.Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
Salazar revealed that authorities have discovered information leading them to believe that Olmos, 19, was experiencing suicidal ideations and exhibited signs of depression.

He added it appeared Olmos “was a young person going through a very tough time in her life.”

She was having a “tough time” with school, work, and a relationship that had recently ended, Salazar said.

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Officials had previously searched the field roughly 250 yards from Olmos’ home, but returned after learning they missed some parts due to the high brush in the area. Instagram/camila
The sheriff said he hopes the medical examiner’s office will identify the remains “in the next day or two” and confirm the cause and manner of death.

Olmos’ dad, Alfonso Mendoza, denied the suggestions that his daughter would take her own life.

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Officials claimed Olmos was having a “tough time” with school, work, and a relationship that had recently ended.Instagram/nate gonzales“She would never do something like that her herself, to us,” Mendoza told the Daily Mail. “She just wouldn’t. Not ever.”

“People talk. But they don’t know my daughter like I do,” he said, noting that her recent breakup was mutual and respectful.

“It ended on good terms, in a lovely way,” he said, and “wasn’t something she was depressed about.”