Amalia Monserrat Marquez: The Date Field and Reported Accounts
Official entries and dated journalism record different kinds of information.
Abstract
NamUs MP19792 lists April 1, 1998, in Los Angeles for Amalia Monserrat Marquez’s last contact.1
The Official Entries
Its narrative repeats that date and city, under Los Angeles Police Department case 060807522.1 It does not reproduce an original observation.
California’s Department of Justice gives the same date and case reference, listing Amalia Marin and Talia Marin Bey as name variations.2 These are aids to matching documents, not additional dated events.
Sourced Accounts and Questions
Here’s where you come in. Can you identify the original observation supporting April 1, rather than treating a date field as a witness statement?1,2
Can you distinguish a relative’s attributed account from a reporter’s interview with an investigator?3
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The Dated Reporting and Responses
In Salon’s April 12, 2007, report, Robert Marshall identifies Amalia Marquez as Cleargreen’s president, using the name Talia Bey.3
Marshall attributed a first attempt to report her missing in 1999 to her brother Luis Marquez. Detective Lydia Dillard told Salon she could not confirm whether Cleargreen members had been interviewed.3
These attributed accounts do not supply an original last-contact statement or establish what investigative work occurred.3
Scope and Method
Original observation records and reporting correspondence were not reviewed. Dated interviews do not establish a present outcome.
Prepared with AI assistance. Sources and references checked against the cited public materials. This paper is an original synthesis of the identified public sources; it does not reproduce article bodies, transcripts, or an investigative file.
Footnote References
- NamUs, MP19792 public record; reviewed November 2, 2026.
- California Department of Justice, Amalia Monserrat Marquez entry; reviewed November 2, 2026.
- Robert Marshall, The dark legacy of Carlos Castaneda, Salon, April 12, 2007.