Laura Ramirez Missing Person Case

Jan 11, 2023

Sep 11, 2023

Laura

Ramirez

49

26

63 inches

64 inches

110 lbs

125 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

In the winter of 2002, a 26-year-old woman named Laura Leticia Ramirez vanished from South Padre Island, Texas. She was last seen on December 27th of that year and has not been heard from since. At the time of her disappearance, Laura, a Hispanic female with brown hair and brown eyes, was approximately 5'3" tall and weighed around 110 pounds. She was also known to use the aliases Victoria Claeys or the nickname Vicky. The circumstances surrounding Laura's disappearance are intertwined with the earlier vanishing of her young son. Her son was last seen on August 9, 2001, in Mission, Texas, and is also considered a missing person. It is believed that Laura may have been with her son at the time she went missing. Authorities have also noted they might have been traveling with a male companion named Henry Francis Claeys. At the time, he was 41 years old, described as a White male, 5'11" and 205 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. The case of Laura Ramirez is considered an endangered missing person case, and the details surrounding the events of late 2002 remain unclear. While she was officially last seen in South Padre Island on December 27, 2002, some law enforcement agencies have listed the date of her and her son's disappearance as November 6, 2001, in McAllen, Texas. The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office is the primary investigating agency for Laura's case. The lack of contact for over two decades has left her family and community without answers, and the passage of time has only deepened the mystery of her whereabouts and what transpired on that December day. The investigation into her disappearance remains open.

Dec 27, 2002

South Padre Island

Texas

Cameron County

78597

No

122569

Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office

Edinburg

Texas

Hidalgo County

78541

Glen Mendoza

Director Texas Transnational Intelligence Center

711 El Cibolo Road, Texas

9563838114

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.hidalgocounty.us/209/Sheriff

01-16375

Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office

3561

Brown

Brown

Brown

09/24/2026