Tijuana Woman Was Not Shayna Feinman, U.S. Authorities Say

U.S. authorities have determined that the woman found in Tijuana was not Shayna Feinman, reversing an initial identification by Mexican officials and leaving the Arizona woman’s disappearance unresolved, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said. The search and investigation continue. Tijuana’s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection said it found a woman in the city’s Encino neighborhood on October 23, 2026. The agency initially identified her as Feinman, saying her physical characteristics matched those in the missing-person report. It said officers provided protection and shelter and moved her to a secure location so she could be contacted by U.S. consular officials and her family. The sheriff’s office later said U.S. authorities confirmed to its detectives, using physical evidence, that the woman was not Feinman. It did not describe the evidence or explain the identity-check process. The woman’s identity has not been publicly reported in the accounts of the case. Kara Feinman, Shayna’s sister, had urged caution before the correction. She said she had not met the woman and was waiting for Arizona investigators to confirm whether the identification was accurate. The...