{"id":541,"date":"2026-05-12T11:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/05\/12\/texas-mom-40-found-dead-on-seashore-5-days-after-family-reported-her-missing\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:37:35","slug":"texas-mom-40-found-dead-on-seashore-5-days-after-family-reported-her-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/05\/12\/texas-mom-40-found-dead-on-seashore-5-days-after-family-reported-her-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Mom, 40, Found Dead on Seashore 5 Days After Family Reported Her Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angelita Martinez was last seen on May 1<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/OCIgWo2YrYep5Mp4xTg7ivVEotw=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/Angelita-Martinez-found-dead-padre-island-051226-1-c89478aba3eb4f4e91b91b57eefc9002.jpg\" alt=\"Angelita MartinezCredit: Corpus Christi Police Department\" title=\"Angelita Martinez - Police confirm missing woman found dead at Padre Island National Seashore\" \/><figcaption><i>Angelita Martinez<br \/>Credit: Corpus Christi Police Department<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Angelita Martinez was last seen on May 1 and was reported missing by her family<\/li>\n<li>Her body was discovered five days later at the Padre Island National Seashore in Kleberg County, Texas<\/li>\n<li>The Texas Rangers and Corpus Christi Police are investigating her death<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A 40-year-old woman from Texas has been found dead less than a week after her family reported her missing.<\/p>\n<p>Angelita Martinez was last seen on the evening of May 1 on Padre Island and was reported missing to the authorities by her family, according to a Corpus Christi Police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CorpusChristiPD\/posts\/pfbid0Uupc2pKQmWJDvZPAhZayzTzTcuHWzYrHA81FTTCyVBg9eFm9mZhwXhzhqURZPbw5l?rdid=V3KA1kcVwfUXAeHj#\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook statement<\/a> posted on May 4.\u00a0Martinez was last seen on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Five days later, police found Martinez&#8217;s body at the Padre Island National Seashore in Kleberg County on Wednesday, May 6, per the updated release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/7YmM2i1DfvL0Wk-joT3QdxSvSrU=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/Angelita-Martinez-found-dead-padre-island-051226-a5b9c2a0fe2349fc93f8e3c3fc8d6977.jpg\" alt=\"Angelita MartinezCredit: Corpus Christi Police Department\" title=\"Angelita Martinez - Police confirm missing woman found dead at Padre Island \" \/><figcaption><i>Angelita Martinez<br \/>Credit: Corpus Christi Police Department<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-news-inline\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Texas Rangers are currently investigating her death with the assistance of the Corpus Christi Police Department.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/UB9bt_usVoHz3RVGTCpA-LegRQ0=\/fit-in\/640x480\/Angelita-Martinez-found-dead-padre-island-051226-1-c89478aba3eb4f4e91b91b57eefc9002.jpg\" alt=\"Angelita MartinezCredit: Corpus Christi Police Department\" title=\"Angelita Martinez - Police confirm missing woman found dead at Padre Island National Seashore\" \/><figcaption><i>Angelita Martinez<br \/>Credit: Corpus Christi Police Department<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Martinez was last seen wearing a gray top and dark-colored sweats and was carrying a Nike galaxy backpack, according to the release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was described as \u201ca white female, who is 5&#8217;01\u201d tall, weight approx. 160 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes.\u201d The release also stated that Martinez had \u201cpink curly hair and a nose ring.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police shared two photos of Martinez alongside the release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter told local media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/news\/local-news\/in-your-neighborhood\/corpus-christi\/padre-island\/police-confirm-missing-woman-found-dead-at-padre-island-national-seashore\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KRIS 6<\/a> that no foul play is suspected in her death at this time and that her mother was from Austin, Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/Fg_K5H0-TRAgOsA0BDoPtGzq8pQ=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/Padre-Island-National-Seashore-Kleberg-County-051226-e9b8ef2e442446aa87adb9e4bfd87aa9.jpg\" alt=\"Padre Island National SeashoreCredit: Getty\" title=\"Padre Island National Seashore\" \/><figcaption><i>Padre Island National Seashore<br \/>Credit: Getty<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Corpus Christi Police Department and the Texas Rangers did not immediately respond to PEOPLE&#8217;s request for comment and further information.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angelita Martinez was last seen on May 1 Angelita MartinezCredit: Corpus Christi Police Department NEED TO KNOW Angelita Martinez was last seen on May 1 and was reported missing by her family Her body was discovered five days later at the Padre Island National Seashore in Kleberg County, Texas The Texas Rangers and Corpus Christi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}