Dallas ISD teacher assistant missing after reportedly dropping off friend at mobile home park

Family searches for missing Dallas ISD employee

Jennifer Mendez Olascoaga, a teacher assistant in Dallas ISD, was reportedly last seen dropping off a friend at a mobile home park.

SEAGOVILLE, Texas - Seagoville police and the Texas Rangers are looking for a missing 24-year-old woman who they believe could be in danger, but her family is conducting their own searches in hopes to find clues.

Jennifer Mendez Olascoaga, a teacher assistant in Dallas ISD, was last seen on surveillance cameras around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 27 in the Creekside Mobile Home Park on Hwy 175 in Seagoville.

Mendez was reportedly at the location for a short time to drop off a friend.

"When we found out that she never made it home that Wednesday night, it was a hint, like, hey, something's going on. She always makes it home, she was very punctual at work, she didn't show up the next day, we said this is not okay, something is going on," said Litzy Mendez, Jennifer's cousin.

Family members found her white 2015 Buick La Cross was found in Mesquite at the next at the intersection of Milam Road and Lawson Road.

"When we came to look at it, it didn’t look abnormal. Nothing abnormal on the inside," said Marco Barroso, Mendez's brother-in-law.

A Seagoville police detective searched Mendez's car and found her wallet.

On Sunday, Seagoville police officially opened a missing persons investigation.

The Texas Rangers later joined the search and the family gave investigators a starting point.

"We got some random text messages, a friend of hers got them, ‘hey are you missing someone,’ ‘you’re never gonna find her and you’re never gonna see her again,’" said Barroso.

Police say that they are looking into text messages and that foul play has not been ruled out.

"We have a lot of leads we have followed up on," said Sam Click, the Public Information Officer for the Seagoville Police Department.

Police, loved ones searching for missing Dallas woman

There's an urgent search underway for a missing Dallas ISD employee who hasn't been seen since last week. Police in Seagoville, southeast of Dallas, think 24-year-old Jennifer Mendez Olesco-Aga may be in danger.

So far, none of those leads have discovered Mendez, so the family goes back every day to the area where her car was found.

The family searches for clues and hands out flyers to anyone who stops.

"This is someone that obviously a lot of people are searching for, this is something that we are taking very seriously," said Click.

The family says where her car was found is not on the way home from the mobile home park where she dropped off her friend.

Anyone with information about the disappearance is asked to contact the Seagoville Police Department.