Hello, I'm Keith Morison with a special preview of Season 3 of Dateline, Missing in America, brought to you by Progressive. Our first episode is the case of Aureli Garcia, a young California woman who loved her custom-colored bright red car. So when police found it parked along the Pacific Coast Highway, miles from her home, and a rally was nowhere to be found, a mystery began. Josh Mankowits tells the story.

Tucked between the Pacific and the mountains on California's central Coast, Big Sur is a 90-mile stretch of breathtaking beauty. The author Henry Miller said, It was here in Big Sur that I first learned to say Amen. To see what he was talking about, you'll need to brave Highway One. Its two lanes wind above steep cliffs with waves crashing below. There are places to pull off to soak in the views. It's the vista of 100 TV commercials. On September 22nd, 2022, something happened here that you'll never see on any postcard of this slice of paradise. On that morning, a bright red Honda Accord cruised south down Highway One and pulled over just past Mile Marker 56. Who in that car and what happened before and after that moment are questions that haunt a family. The Honda belonged to 25-year-old Arely Garcia, and she hasn't been seen or heard from since that morning.

It's been like a scary movie since the day it happened. It's just been a nightmare. And we pray every night that she comes home.

Veronica Garcia and Ellie Mendoza are Arely Aarely's sisters. Is there any reason why your sister would be in Big Sur?

No idea. It's still a mystery till this day.

A mystery that to Areli's family and others sounds eerily similar to another case.

They're both young. They're both women of color. They're both went missing at the same area. It is very shady for sure.

I'm Josh Mankowits, and this is Dateline Missing in America. Today's episode is, mystery down Highway One. We first covered Aareli's story in September 2023. Her family was desperate to find Aareli then, and they're still searching for her. Please listen closely because you or someone you know might have information that could help solve this case and give Aareli's family the answers they're looking for.

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