A 24-year-old teacher assistant vanished last week after dropping a friend off — and police fear that foul play may be involved in her disappearance after loved ones reported receiving suspicious text messages taunting them that they’re “never gonna see her again.”
Jennifer Mendez Olascoaga was last seen on surveillance cameras dropping off a friend in the Creekside Mobile Home Park in Seagoville around 8 p.m. the night of Sept. 27.
The Dallas Independent School District teacher assistant’s unexplained disappearance is abnormal, her family says.
“When we found out that she never made it home that Wednesday night, it was a hint, like, hey, something’s going on,” her cousin, Litzy Mendez, told Fox 4 News.
“She always makes it home, she was very punctual at work, she didn’t show up the next day, we said this is not okay, something is going on.”
Olascoaga’s family found her white 2015 Buick La Cross on Thursday at an intersection about 10 minutes from the mobile home park.
The car was not found along the route home from where she dropped off her friend, her family said.
Her family promptly filed a missing person’s report with Dallas police before cueing in local police in Seagoville on Sunday.
Her brother-in-law Marco Barroso said nothing seemed abnormal about the car, except that Olascoaga’s wallet was found inside.
Things took a creepy turn, however, when Olascoaga’s family and friends began receiving foreboding text messages.
“We got some random text messages, a friend of hers got them, ‘hey are you missing someone,’ ‘you’re never gonna find her and you’re never gonna see her again,’” said Barroso.
Police are investigating the text messages Olascoaga’s family has received since her disappearance.
“These text messages contained content that would lead one to believe that Jennifer’s disappearance may involve foul play,” police wrote in a release.
The messages were sent before, during and after Olascoaga was reported missing.
The Seagoville Police Department Criminal Investigations Division is currently working on the case as a missing person case and has requested the assistance of the Texas Rangers.
Anyone with information about the disappearance is asked to contact the Seagoville Police Department.