Search for Missing Texas Mom Julie Ann Gonzalez Continues

By: Caroline Black
Topics: Daily Blotter

Julie Ann Gonzalez and her daughter (Personal Photo)

AUSTIN, Texas (CBS) Police are continuing to search for missing Texas mom Julie Ann Gonzalez. Gonzalez disappeared over a month ago, but with very little evidence and a lack of new leads many questions remain unanswered.

According to the Austin Police Department's spokeswoman Anna Sabana, the case is still open and being investigated.

Unfortunately, she also asserts that there is no physical evidence to indicate that Gonzalez was a victim of foul play, and without probable cause, police cannot search her abandoned car or look at her phone records, reports CNN.

The 21-year-old mother was last seen by her estranged husband George De La Cruz on March 26. De La Cruz and Gonzalez were in the process of getting a divorce; however, he maintains that he had nothing to do with her disappearance and says he is willing to take a polygraph test.

De La Cruz told CNN that when Gonzalez came to pick up their two-year-old daughter at his house she "looked completely different. She kind of looked sad."

Gonzalez told him that she would be back later, but she never returned to pick up her daughter.

"She's always been responsible. She always looked out for the best interest of her 2-year-old daughter. That was her main concern, 24-7," Gonzalez's Aunt Dora Cooper told CNN.

Julie Ann's family fears the worst because they do not believe would willingly leave her daughter.

The family of missing mother Julie Ann Gonzalez prays for her safe return and asks that anyone who has information regarding her whereabouts contact the Austin Police Department at 512-974-5000.

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by TATOR05 August 21, 2010 10:45 PM EDT: I have been reading up on this case and I am in law enforcement. It is very unfortunate that the families in this case may never know what happened. The evidence that has leaked out to the media may cause some to point fingers but instead we should place the same hands that we point with together and pray for the young two year old child. Give her the strength to grow as strong and beautiful as her mother and please keep in reality perspective that these are real people, not a fabricated lifetime story. Individuals go missing all over the world every second of each day, this does not ease the pain or at all help us cope with losing someone, but not knowing hurts the most. My heart goes to the families and I pray for them to have strength and closure.; Reply to this comment


by Wildwood1966 May 3, 2010 11:06 AM EDT: uscitizenvet - whose Mother? I did not see any reports - the mother of the missing 21 year old?; Reply to this comment


by uscitizenvet April 30, 2010 5:10 PM EDT: I watched the TV show about this last night and it seems to me the mother knows a lot more than she is telling or answering. She avoided questions and made too many vague statements. The aunt and uncle need to force the issue with the mother and the police.; Reply to this comment