The family of a missing Austin woman is now offering $20,000 for information about her disappearance.
Julie Ann Gonzalez was last seen more than ten weeks ago.
Now a neighbor says he watched Julie Ann drive up to her former home on Garden Oaks Drive the day she disappeared on March 26Th.
The neighbor said she was accompanied by two Hispanic men, who got out of the vehicle and walked to the backyard of the home without knocking on the door.
“She looked at me and I looked at her and I’m driving and thinking who are those guys? Who are those guys? Because here we look after each other,” said neighbor Jesse Corpus.
Corpus said he never saw the men before or anytime after.
Julie Ann Gonzalez lived at the home until she separated from her husband George De La Cruz. They have a two year old daughter together.
In May, Austin Police officers searched George De La Cruz’s home and carried out bags of evidence.
However, APD made no arrests that day and continues to say detectives are looking into all possible explanations for Julie Ann’s disappearance.
George De La Cruz’s mother found a suspicious hole in the backyard shed a few weeks back. Neither she nor her son had seen it before, so she called police.
Patrick Fagerberg, George De La Cruz’s defense attorney, says the hidden storage could provide clue to Julie Ann’s disappearance.
“From my experience it seems like it’s a hole that has been used for drugs and or money,” said Fagerberg.
Fagerberg maintains that De La Cruz had no part in Julie Ann’s disappearance. He said he picked up his sisters, shopped at Wal-Mart, and ate at McDonald’s the day she disappeared in March.
“It’s a very clear timeline and there was no opportunity for any foul play. I think that's why APD thought there was no foul play, because George gave them that timeline,” said Fagerberg.
Julie Ann's family started a website with information about her disappearance: www.julieanngonzalez.com/
There's a benefit concert Thursday night to help Gonzalez' family raise money to help find her.
It's from 6-9 p.m. at Hill's Cafe at 4700 South Congress Avenue.
Singer-songerwriter Sam Watkins will perform with his band Fate Train, along with Larry Lange and the Lonely Knights, and Ponty Bone and the Squeezetones.
Tickets are $5 at the door.
