Elisa Gonzalez can’t remember her mother. Elsha Marie Rivera disappeared 15 years ago from Fort Worth, Texas, where she and Elisa were living when Elisa was just a baby.
But Elisa, who has grown up in Midvale with Elsha’s mother, drove to Sandy on Saturday to offer the only clue she can: a mouth swab containing her DNA, which could be checked against samples of unidentified human remains.
"I don't think she's alive. Part of me tells me she's not," said Elsha's mother, Elizabeth Rivera.
Rivera took Elisa to meet with detectives from multiple agencies who gathered at the Miller Campus of Salt Lake Community College to take reports and evidence in any missing person cases that might need a second look from law enforcement.