Katharina Buczek
Later, at approximately 6:00 p.m., Noemi used Snapchat to send a selfie to a college friend. At that point, she was reportedly inside an observation tower at the nature preserve.
However, by 6:15 p.m., Noemi stopped answering, and her phone eventually went dead.
She never made it back home that day and has remained missing ever since.
Not long after Noemi stopped answering her phone, her parents became worried at about 7:00 p.m. since she missed a Zoom call. Afterward, they contacted the Hollywood Police Department and reported Noemi missing.
Upon launching an investigation, it was discovered that, from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., Noemi’s cell phone pinged to a cell tower located around three miles south of the nature center twice.
Authorities later conducted a widespread search south of the Anne Kolb Nature Center on February 17, 2021. Unfortunately, though, no evidence or clues tied to Noemi’s disappearance were uncovered.
She vanished without any credit cards, money, or form of identification. Noemi also left behind all of her personal belongings, and her bank account, phone record, and social media have been inactive since she went missing.
According to Karem, Noemi had been sad leading up to her disappearance since she didn’t get the internship she’d wanted at Everglades National Park.
“I definitely think she could be a victim of human trafficking, and one thing they do is look for people who are sad, and she was sad that day. She did not get the internship she wanted,” Karem said.
Noemi’s mother, Marycel, also claimed that disappearing on purpose would be completely out of her daughter’s character. She described Noemi as a “church-going girl” who’s never done anything like that before.
Shortly after Noemi disappeared, Marycel also issued a plea to community members for help in finding her daughter.
