Sofia Juarez

Have You Seen Sofia Lucerno Juarez ?

Case Type: Endangered Missing
Missing Date: Tuesday 04th February 2003
Missing From: Kennewick Washington
Missing Country: USA
Sex: Female
DOB: 05/Feb/1998
Age Now: 12

Specific Details:

Hair: Black	Eye Color: Brown
Height: 3' 0" (91cm)	Weight: 33lbs (15kg)
Race: Hispanic	language: n/a
Special Facts: Sofia has a mole under her left eye and at the time she disappeared her four top front teeth were missing. She has pierced ears and a birthmark on her lower back. Sofia was last seen wearing blue overalls, a red shirt, violet socks and white shoes.

Known Circumstances:

Sofia was last known to be playing with her brother in her bedroom between 8:15 and 9:15 p.m. on February 4, 2003, the day before her fifth birthday. She left the bedroom and told her mother, Maria Juarez, that she was going to the store five blocks away. She was supposed to be accompanied by her grandmother's boyfriend, Jose Lopez Torres. Maria gave Sofia a dollar to spend at the store and assumed she caught a ride with Torres. Sofia did not get into the car, however, and Torres left without her. No one saw her leave the house. When Torres returned from the store at 9:45 p.m. and said Sofia had not gone with him, the authorities were alerted..

Extensive searches have produced little of evidentiary value in Sofia's case. Sofia's mother believed Sofia's kidnapper was someone the child knew and trusted. Despite a search which extended to Mexico and fairly extensive media coverage at the time, Sofia remains missing and her case is unsolved. Sadly, her mother died of natural causes in January 2009, aged twenty-six.

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Kennewick Police Department (Washington) 1-509-585-4208 or 1-509-628-0333

If you have any information on Sofia Lucerno Juarez please contact the official numbers above immediately. Alternatively, you can e-mail us here at Help Find My Child - you can do this in strictest confidence - we will make sure your information is passed on to the relevant places.

Messages of support and news updates are welcomed,

Last Friday was Sofia Juarez's 12th birthday

Submitted by Larry on 8 February, 2010 - 09:12.

In the years since her disappearance, the community has knocked on doors, passed out flyers and posted signs on trucks. But it's never lead to any answers.

Then a year ago, the family lost Sofia's mother, Maria, to health problems.

It has been a hunt for a little girl that's left the city hoping for new information.

"The case has not progressed much since last year," explains Detective Sergeant Mark Weber. "We continue to get leads periodically and we look at each one of those objectively and see if there's anything new we can use. But basically, there hasn't been a change in the status of the investigation."

"We have no reason to think Sofia is not alive," Weber adds. "We want to stay optimistic and treat this as it is--as a missing persons case."

If you have any information on the Sofia Juarez, you're asked to call the lead detective on the case, Detective Wes Gardner. He can be reached at 582-1330.

Source: KNDO/KNDU
http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=11936728