Rivas Hernández, who lived about 80 miles (120 kilometers) from where her body was found, was last reported missing by her family in April 2024, but this was not the first time she ran away from her Lake Elsinore home. A first-generation daughter of immigrant parents from El Salvador, neighbors recognized her as the girl who visited the corner store almost every day to buy candy and soda, according to the Los Angeles Times.
