Katharina Buczek
Maria reportedly last spoke to her daughter about a week before Nancy disappeared. The pair always spoke on Saturdays when Nancy called to touch base with her family in Mexico.
During their last conversation, Maria thought her daughter sounded like her usual, happy self. But, Maria maintains that her daughter did not mention any plans to visit Mexico.
“I am suffering every day since Nancy went missing. I just want to know where she is. I just want answers,” Maria said in a since-translated interview with Dateline.
When Nancy vanished, so did her car – a burgundy 2001 Chevrolet Impala sedan with North Carolina license plates reading DFD-2191. Investigators did not find any record of her car crossing the Mexico border or of Nancy boarding a plane.
Upon reviewing her phone records, it was discovered that Nancy had placed a few phone calls after she went missing. Some calls were to an out-of-state number.
Then, in January 2020, authorities were able to access Nancy’s Google account. This allowed investigators to learn that Nancy had used Google Maps to travel to a car dealership located in Madison, North Carolina, on the day she went missing. But, no further evidence was found at the dealership, and this lead ultimately went cold.
It was also uncovered that, in January 2019, Nancy’s Google account had been logged into in Mexico. The log-in location was around 30 miles away from her hometown. Investigators in the U.S. contacted Mexican authorities with this lead, but nothing further came of it.
So, Maria has continued searching for answers in her daughter’s disappearance. Since Nancy went missing, Maria has traveled to Asheboro on four different occasions – meeting with investigators and hoping to find new information.
According to Asheboro Police Department Captain Richard Thomspon, the investigation into Nancy’s disappearance was officially launched in May 2018 after Nancy was reported missing. Then, detectives conducted interviews with Nancy’s friends and family, as well as her ex-boyfriend and his family.
“I feel helpless. I need answers. Nancy is good and loving. I miss her,” Maria said.
Maria also believes that Nancy never would have willingly left her young daughter behind.
