Jose Bolivar drives through the communities around Hollywood, Florida, hoping for a glimpse of a young woman who was brimming with potential when she left home Feb. 11 to take a walk in a nature preserve.
Noemi returned to Florida last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic and graduated remotely from BYU-Idaho in the fall, but her 22nd birthday came and went Monday with no sign of her whereabouts.
So as he has for two weeks now, sometimes wearing a “BYU-Idaho Dad” baseball cap, Jose Bolivar drives on.
He’s not alone, and that is part of the story. The people who assembled to help him and his wife, Marycel, are compelling.