Have you seen her?

Karla Rodriguez
​Las Vegas, NV

Karla Rodriguez, 7, vanished after leaving a neighbor's yard located a block from her family's home in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. 20, 1999. The story is convoluted, but here's what is known.

According to media reports, Karla began making her way home around 7 p.m., after her friend's father told her it was too late for a 7-year-old to be playing outside.

Karla's father, Ramon Rodriguez, arrived home from work around 5 p.m. He left again to drop off the family's car with Karla's mother, Elia Zepeda, and rode the bus home. He returned around 10 p.m. and noticed that Karla and her bike were not there. He spoke with the neighbor who last saw Karla and assumed she was staying at a friend's house, so he went to bed. The next morning, Zepeda went to Karla's school to see if she was there. The principal called 911 after realizing the little girl was missing.

Investigators found Karla's bike near the neighbor's home. Bloodhounds traced her scent to an apartment complex on the 1700 block of Santa Paula Drive, near Oakey and Las Vegas Boulevards, about a half-mile from her home. According to a cold-case detective, no items of evidence or value were ever recovered from the complex.

Karla has a medical scar on her abdomen, a small mole above her right eyebrow, and, at the time, spoke limited English.

If you have information about Karla’s disappearance, call the Las Vegas FBI office at 702-385-1281 or Metro homicide detectives at 702-828-3521. Anonymous tips may be left with Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555. A $5000 reward is available for anyone with information that leads to a resolution of the case.