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Missing Dallas Woman Marisela Botello Valadez May Be Victim Of Foul Play, Police Say

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Dallas Police said Thursday, Dec. 10, a woman missing for more than two months may have been a victim of foul play.

Police are looking for information on the whereabouts of Marisela Botello Valadez, 23, who was last seen alive in Dallas on October 5.

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Marisela Botello Valadez (Facebook)

In November, detectives identified Charles Beltran as a person of interest in the case.

At that point Dallas Police changed her case classification from "want to locate," to "endangered missing."

Police said a Lyft driver dropped her off alone in Deep Ellum on the night of Sunday October 4.

The last known footage of Botello, with her hair half-up in a halter-style, metallic purple dress shows her leaving leaving with an unknown man at 1:00 a.m. that night.

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Have you seen Marisela Botello? If you have any information, please contact the Dallas Police Department's missing person's unit at 214.671.4268 or email missingpersons@dpd.dallascityhall.com (Case # 177834-2020)(courtesy: Aware Foundation)

Police are asking anyone with information regarding this case to contact Det. Ramirez with the Dallas Police Department Special Investigations Unit at (214) 671-3668 or christine.ramirez@dallascityhall.com. 

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for information called into Crime Stoppers that leads to the arrest and indictment for this felony offense and other felony offenses.

Call Crime Stoppers at 214-373-TIPS (8477), 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Marisela Botello Valadez missing

Botello's family has set up a GoFundMe to assist with their efforts to find her.

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