FBI: reward increases to $10,000 for information relating to disappearance of 18-year-old girl in Des Moines

The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the location of Shelbie Lynn Dwyer, an 18-year-old girl who has not been heard from since March 29.

Dwyer left his home in Des Moines on March 25, 2023, to drive to Mexico. Over the next few days, she had “sporadic” communications with her family, according to the FBI, until they stopped completely on March 29.

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Dwyer's trip to Mexico was considered a road trip with a man described as a “trusted friend.”

“Dwyer is believed to have traveled to Tijuana, Mexico. She likely flew from Tijuana, had a layover in Guadalajara, and then arrived in Culiacan, Sinaloa,” the FBI wrote in an update. “Dwyer is last believed to have been in the Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico area on or around March 29, 2023. We haven't heard from her since that date. »

According to Dwyer's mother, Stacy Macheta, Dwyer planned to come home, but ended up flying to Sinaloa.

“That’s when her phone didn’t ring after she left the airport,” Macheta told KIRO 7.

Macheta said she last heard from her daughter while she was in Sinaloa, but that call was cut off.

“She was yelling at someone and then the phone went off,” Macheta said.

Dwyer is white, 1.60 m tall and weighs approximately 45 kg. She has brown eyes and hair and has three tattoos: a rose on her right hand, a design on her right middle finger, and the word “Blessed” in cursive writing on her right forearm.

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“We didn't go a day without telling each other that we loved each other,” Stacy Macheta, Dwyer's mother, told KIRO 7. “She's really a caring person. She was like my mini-me.

Anyone with information about Dwyer is asked to contact their local FBI office, U.S. embassy or consulate or submit a tip online.

Contributor: KIRO 7

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