Graciela “Grace” Esquivel was tiny—only 4-feet-11. The 25-year-old Hispanic woman weighed 140 pounds and had brown hair and eyes. She lived with her six-year-old daughter Angie at 1619 N. Pennsylvania Avenue in Mason City, Iowa.

Grace Esquivel

On the evening of Friday, June 10, 1983, Grace dropped Angie with the little girl’s grandparents — Manuela and Armando Esquivel — and went out for the evening with friends.

The next morning, the Esquivels took Angie home. Grace’s wallet and driver’s license were in the house. But Grace was not there and had not slept in her bed, which was turned down in preparation for sleep.

Lt. Ron Vande Weerd of the Mason City Police Department believes Grace Esquivel was taken against her will.

Grace was born to Manuela and Armando Esquivel on December 21, 1957 in Calhoun, Texas. She would now be 54-years-old.

If you have any information concerning Grace Esquivel’s case, please contact the Mason City Police Department at 641-421-3636 or the Iowa Missing Person Information Clearinghouse at 1-800-346-5507.