Antioch woman still missing as her distraught mother pleads for answers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Detectives with the Metropolitan Police Missing Persons Division continue to search for 23-year-old Blanca Guadalupe Berrios Orellana of Antioch, who was reported missing by her mother on Aug. 21.

Berrios Orellana was last seen leaving her apartment on Old Hickory Boulevard on Aug. 18. Police said she told family she was going to Murfreesboro to visit a family member.

Berrios Orellana is 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, has brown eyes and a small scar under his chin.

Her mother, Ines Berrios, says she struggles with uncertainty over her daughter’s disappearance.

“I haven’t been able to sleep well since she disappeared,” Berrios said.

Berrios says Blanca’s boyfriend told her he was going to his stepfather’s house on Carver Avenue in Murfreesboro. According to Berrios, her daughter was supposed to help her stepfather after he was in an accident.

The stepfather told Ines that he never spoke to Blanka, but Ines claims that the car her daughter was driving was in front of his house.

“I don’t know what to think, maybe her stepfather did something to her? The police talked to him, but he disappeared,” Berrios said.

Berrios hopes the community will help track Blanca’s whereabouts as the investigation continues.

“I hope that if Blanca sees this, she will contact me and let me know she is OK,” Berrios said.

Anyone with information regarding Blanka’s whereabouts is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.

NC5 has contacted police to see if they have been able to speak to the stepfather.

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