Celina Mays

On the morning of March 9, 1996, Amberly Mendoza was found murdered in her bedroom in Yuma, Arizona. She was just 10 years old. Her family’s home had been filled with people following a birthday celebration, yet someone was able to reach Amberly, sexually assault her, take her li ...  Show more

Still Seeking Justice is a new Voices for Justice series created to reconnect with families previously featured on the show, learn what has changed, and determine how we can help now. In this first installment, Sarah speaks with Bonnie Bell, whose sister Danielle disappeared from ...  Show more

Ep 130: A twelve year old girl ends up pregnant, but two weeks before she’s scheduled for a C-section, her family wakes up to find her gone. Did she run away, or did someone try to eliminate her? This is the Celina Mays story Center for Missing and Exploited Children  1800- THE ...  Show more

A Pregnant Preteen, A Family Secret & A Religious Cult.

The chilling case of Celina Mays, a 12-year-old girl who vanished without a trace in 1996. At the time of her disappearance, Celina was not only a young teenager but also nine months pregnant, adding even mor ...

Celina Mays was 12 years old when she vanished from her bedroom in the middle of the night back in 1996. Her disappearance helped peel back the curtain on a small controversial church where an environment of shame, isolation, and fear allowed sexual abuse to flourish.

When a teenage trafficking victim agrees to testify against her traffickers in criminal court, she goes missing before the case makes it to trial. The disappearance and probable murder of a vulnerable child shed light on the harsh realities of hidden in plain sight sex traffickin ...  Show more