Marisela Botello Valadez, a 23-year-old Latin female, was last seen alive in Dallas on October 5, 2020. Dallas Police have reason to believe that Marisela may have been the victim of foul play and are asking anyone with information regarding this case to contact Det. Ramirez with the Dallas Police Department Special Investigations Unit at (214) 671-3668 or christine.ramirez@dallascityhall.com. Please reference case #177834-2020.
Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for information called into Crime Stoppers that leads to the arrest and indictment for this felony offense and other felony offenses. Call Crime Stoppers at 214-373-TIPS (8477), 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Update: November 3, 2020
The Youth Operation’s Unit has received a report regarding Marisela Botello on October 6, 2020. The report has been changed from a “Want to Locate” to an “Endangered Missing” person on case number 177834-2020.
If anyone has any information regarding Ms. Botello, we ask that they contact the Dallas Police Department Youth Operations 214-671-4268 or by email at missingpersons@dpd.dallascityhall.com.
Original Post: October 28, 2020
The Youth Operation’s Unit has received a report regarding Marisela Botello on October 6, 2020. The report is currently documented as a “Want To Locate” report on case number 177834-2020. A “want to locate” is when a family member wants to find an individual that they have been unsuccessful with contacting, so they file a want to locate report with the police.
The Youth Operations Unit is in charge of the investigation. Detectives from the Youth Operations Unit are actively investigating all workable leads into the report of Ms. Botello. Detectives are also actively communicating with Ms. Botello’s family and only family members about the investigation. If anyone has any additional information regarding Ms. Botello, we ask that they contact the Dallas Police Department Youth Operations 214-671-4268
