Colin Atagi

Palm Springs Desert Sun

After six long months since her beautiful daughter Audrey disappeared, Maria Moran has tried to resume her normal routines.

But every morning when she wakes up, her first thoughts are always of her daughter, along with the question: Where is she?

"Six months is not what we expected; we expected information months ago," Maria Moran said. "But there's still an investigation going on."

Audrey Moran, 26, and her boyfriend, Jonathan Reynoso, 28, were last seen May 10 and Friday marks the six-month anniversary of their disappearance.Their sudden absence sparked an extensive investigation by local law enforcement agencies as family members rushed to do whatever they could to spread word about the disappearance.

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Efforts continue to this day, albeit at a slower pace compared to the immediate aftermath of the couple's last siting.

"It is calmer," Maria Moran said. "Of course, it's something you don't forget. I wake up in the morning and she's the first thing on my mind."

Moran urges her loved ones to stay strong as they try to resume their lives. "We have to move on and we have to pray and not lose focus," she said.

Audrey Moran had just left her sister's Coachella home to pick up Reynoso at an unspecified location after he returned from Brawley.

Reynoso's family believe he may not have been in Brawley. They say a pizza box found at his house seems to indicate that he may have had it delivered around the time he was supposed to beout of town.

Moran drove a 2010 GMC Terrain SUV, which police found May 12. It was parked along westbound Interstate 10, west of Oak Valley Parkway in Beaumont. No cell phones were located and there was no suspicious activity when police checked the couple's financial records.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department is overseeing the investigation, but no new details were available this week, spokesman Armando Munoz said.

As investigators and family seek answers, the one silver lining may be worse scenarios have ended with positive results, said Todd Matthews.

As the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System's database's director of case management and communications, he's all too familiar with stories of mysterious disappearances. But from his experience, six months is relatively short compared to other cases and it's "way too early to rule anything out."

"It's hardly considered a case we consider too cold to crack," Matthews said. "We always plan for the worst and hope for the best."

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Friends and family have been circulating fliers with the couple's photos and sharing details via social media. Now they are distributing bracelets that have Reynoso and Moran's names and a phone number for people to call if they have information.

Maria Moran said anyone interested in acquiring a bracelet should reach her on her Facebook page.

"It's just my way of keeping the story alive and making others aware they're still missing," she said.

NamUs intially acquired and posted details on the couple's physical characteristics, including scars and tattoos. But that was months ago and their NamUs profiles have barely been touched since then.

Details are typically provided by associates of missing people and verified by law enforcement agencies before being posted. Matthews encourages Reynoso and Moran's friends and family to provide additional details, including photos of scars and tattoos, that may help find them.

"You never know what people can bring forward," Matthews said. "I've had people say, 'Hey, I have a photo of that tattoo referenced there."

His agency's tip line is (855) 626-7600.