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Marizela C. Perez

She was born on April 30th, 1992. She was an only child and was very close with her family. Her cousin is Michelle Malkin, a noted conservative journalist and author.

Marizela was an 18 year old freshman at the University of Washington in Seattle when she went missing on March 5th, 2011. Marizela left her home in the Rainier Beach area to head to the university’s campus, but she never arrived there, and never returned home as planned. She was last seen leaving a Safeway store on Brooklyn Avenue Northeast. She purchased trash bags, Tylenol, orange juice and sleeping pills. She received a text message after these purchases at 2:45 pm and then her phone was shut off.

Marizela lived with her aunt and uncle at the time of her disappearance. She is originally from New Jersey, but had recently moved to Seattle for college. Marizela’s family members said that she was depressed in the months before her disappearance, since her grandfather had recently passed away and she had also recently ended a relationship. Marizela was taking medication at the time of her disappearance.

There was activity on her AOL account two weeks after she disappeared.

A private investigator hired by the family believes that Marizela committed suicide. However, her family said that she seemed happy in the days leading up to her disappearance and they do not believe she was suicidal. Over the years since her disappearance, Marizela’s family has expressed frustration towards the law enforcement working on her case. Due to the fact that there is no evidence that a crime was committed, police are unable to obtain a warrant to get access to Marizela’s Internet and cell phone records. Therefore, it is currently unknown whether or not Marizela was in contact via Internet or cell phone with somebody who might have information on her disappearance. It is also currently unknown if any of her Internet searches or activities alluded to suicide. Without this information, investigators do not have very many leads to follow in her case.

At the time of her disappearance Marizela was 5'5", 110 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair with red highlights that was cut in a asymmetrical bob with short bangs. She was last seen wearing a dark-colored hooded jacket, a light-colored hooded sweater, jeans and light brown suede laced boots. She was carrying a drawstring bag made of denim with a rainbow-colored butterfly screen print; it contained a Macbook Pro laptop.

Marizela may wear green-tinted contact lenses and her ears were pierced. She had a tattoo of the phrase "lahat ay magiging maayos" (meaning "all will be well" in Tagalog) on the inside of her left arm.

If you have any information regarding Marizela's disappearance please contact the Seattle Police Department at 206-684-5582

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