Authorities have issued an AMBER Alert for a 15-year-old girl who was taken from her Florida home.
Adriana Hernandez has been missing from Milton in Florida’s Santa Rosa County since Tuesday, April 7. Hernandez is believed to be in danger, and police claim there is a chance that she may be in Georgia.
Hernandez was last seen in the area of the 6400 block of Bruce Lane in Milton. The AMBER Alert said she was “kidnapped.”
She is white-Hispanic and described as standing 5-foot-1 and weighing approximately 130 pounds. She may have a reddish-brown tint in her hair. She also has brown eyes.
It was unclear if police knew what she was wearing the last time she was seen. A description of a vehicle she may be traveling in was also unavailable.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office had been handling the investigation as a runaway child, but the department said investigators have since uncovered unspecified evidence that indicates Hernandez may be in danger.
If you have any information at all regarding Hernandez or her whereabouts, call the FDLE Missing Endangered Persons line at 1-888-356-4774 or the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office at (850) 983-1190.
If you believe you have seen Hernandez, call 911 right away.
There have been a spate of kidnappings reported across the U.S. this year.
South Carolina man Darrius Gilmore is accused of kidnapping and trying to kill two 15-year-old girls earlier this month. However, one of them found a way to escape and sought help, deputies said.
Gilmore, 21, faces two counts of attempted murder, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of possession of a firearm during a violent crime, and discharging a firearm into a vehicle.
West Virginia man Todd Moore was arrested after he was accused of kidnapping a woman who was found with shock collar wounds on her neck. Officers reported to an apartment complex in Grafton, West Virginia, after they received a report of a domestic dispute on Sunday, March 22.
The victim told police Moore “had her” and “wouldn’t let her make a phone call or leave.” She also said that Moore, 41, would “forcefully stop her each time she would try” to leave.
Also last month, a California man was accused of kidnapping two UCLA students he allegedly held captive inside his car. The UCLA Police Department said in a news release that there may be other victims of Alexander Schecter, who “is not believed to be affiliated” with UCLA.
If you know of a young person who is being exploited or is the victim of a crime, you are urged to report it to your local FBI field office by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI. Tips can also be left at tips.fbi.gov
