A 17-year-old girl who walked out of her Dripping Springs home last November with no phone, no money, and no bags is still missing nine months later, and the Hays County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help again. Eleanor Lynn Holman was 16 when she was last seen leaving her residence at approximately 3 p.m. on November 28, 2025, and investigators say she may now be going by the name Elliot.
According to the Hays County Sheriff's Office, Holman had recently moved to Texas from Washington state before she disappeared, and she was believed to be headed back to Washington. Deputies describe her as unfamiliar with the area, standing 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing approximately 110 pounds, with shoulder-length blonde hair styled with dreadlocks at the crown of her head and blue eyes. The sheriff's office says it has not received any credible leads regarding her whereabouts since she vanished.
Distinctive Marks and Last-Known Clothing
Case records filed with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System list several identifying features investigators hope the public will recognize, including scars on her inner arms and legs, a beetle tattoo on her right bicep, a diamond star tattoo on her right index finger knuckle, and a faded teardrop tattoo under her left eye. The same NamUs record notes that when she was last seen, Holman was wearing a long-sleeved shirt underneath a black t-shirt bearing a rebel-style square logo with a spiked-hair figure on the back. A surveillance photo remains her most recent known image, and she has not returned home to Dripping Springs.
Why Deputies Are Renewing the Alert Now
The sheriff's office has continued its efforts to locate Holman since her disappearance, and in an August response to community questions, the agency explained that it chose to publish a new public alert with updated photographs rather than simply resharing its December 2025 bulletin, in order to ensure maximum visibility and provide current imagery. Detective Ashley Martinez is handling the case and can be reached at 512-847-6760 or by email at [email protected]. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-324-8477, which accepts information from anywhere in the United States, or through the online tip line at p3tips.com. The sheriff's office operates out of its headquarters at 810 South Stagecoach Trail in San Marcos, Texas.
The Legal Stakes of Harboring a Runaway
Cases like Holman's fall under a strict legal framework designed to force fast action from police. Federal law under Suzanne's Law, part of the 2003 PROTECT Act, bars law enforcement from imposing any waiting period before investigating a missing person under 21 and requires immediate entry into the FBI's National Crime Information Center database, as Hoodline has previously reported. Texas House Bill 908, signed into law in June 2025, similarly mandates that Texas agencies process missing child reports and begin investigating without delay, typically within two hours, according to a report from KCBD News Channel 11.
Texas law also places obligations on anyone who might come into contact with a missing minor. Under Texas Penal Code Section 25.06, knowingly harboring a runaway juvenile without notifying law enforcement or parents within 24 hours is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
A Small Piece of a Much Larger Problem
Holman's case is one of thousands like it working through the system. The Texas Department of Public Safety Missing Persons Clearinghouse recorded 44,783 missing person reports statewide in 2024, and juveniles under 18 made up more than 71 percent of that total, or 31,864 cases, per data cited by PR Newswire. Nationally, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children assisted with 32,167 missing child reports in 2025, with endangered runaways accounting for 92 percent of those cases and an overall recovery rate of 90 percent, according to the organization's own impact report.
Those national numbers offer some reassurance, but they don't change the fact that Eleanor Holman has now been gone for nine months without a confirmed sighting. Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Martinez, Crime Stoppers, or the online tip line listed by the sheriff's office.
