For a family in Stann Creek District, Belize, what every parent fears most has become their devastating reality: nearly 10 months have passed since 39-year-old Reyna Santos vanished without a trace, and they still have no answers about her fate.
Santos was last seen at her residence in San Juan Village on June 30, 2025. While unconfirmed reports emerged of a potential sighting in the capital city of Belmopan just days after her disappearance, there has been no confirmed contact with Santos from that day to the present. To her loved ones, this prolonged silence is completely uncharacteristic, leaving them growing more desperate with each passing week as hope slowly dwindles.
In an emotional appeal for information, Reyna’s niece Maryeni Gomez shared the details of the day her aunt went missing. “Her children saw her for the last time on the morning of June 30, then she was gone,” Gomez explained. “At first, they thought she might have gone to stay with another family member, so they didn’t immediately raise alarm. But by 8 o’clock that night, when she still hadn’t turned up, they launched a search. She never answered any calls or texts, and the last WhatsApp activity recorded on her account was around 8:30 that same morning.”
Gomez emphasized that this unexplained vanishing is completely out of step with Santos’ normal behavior. “Reyna has never cut off contact like this before. She wouldn’t just leave her parents, her siblings, or her children without reaching out to say she’s okay,” Gomez said. “That’s why we’re all so worried that something terrible has happened to her. All we want right now is any sign of life, even just a quick message that she’s safe. That’s all that matters to our family.”
Though months of silence have stretched on with no new leads, the family says they are still clinging to fragile hope. They are issuing a direct public appeal, to both members of the community who may have any information related to Santos’ disappearance, and to Reyna herself, to step forward and bring an end to the painful uncertainty that has defined their lives for nearly a year.