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This person was missing Missing Since 10/20/1999

Missing Since:

Missing Since 10/20/1999

Missing From:

Missing From Las Vegas, Nevada

Classification:

Classification Non-Family Abduction

Gender:

Female

Race:

Race Hispanic

Date of Birth:

Date of Birth 09/29/1992 (32)

Age:

Age 7 years old

Height and Weight:

Height and Weight 3’5, 49 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:

Clothing/Jewelry Description A black jacket, a blue and white striped shirt and red pants.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Black hair, brown eyes. Karla has moles above her right eyebrow and on her lower lip near the right corner of her mouth. Her teeth are unevenly spaced with wide gaps between them, and they have visible cavities. She has a surgical scar on her abdomen. Karla speaks Spanish and limited English. At the time of her disappearance, her fingernails were painted green.

Details of Disappearance:

On October 20, 1999, in Las Vegas, Nevada, 7-year-old Karla was last seen around 7:00 PM near her home. She’d been playing with a neighbor’s child but was sent home. After playing outside for 15 minutes, she rode her bike away. She lived just two blocks from where she was last seen, near the Stratosphere Tower.

Karla never came home, and nobody noticed she was missing until the next morning. Her dad talked to the neighbor and figured she was at a friend’s house. It wasn’t until her mom called the school the next day that anyone realized something was wrong, and the school contacted the police.

At first, police thought her disappearance might be connected to a debt her parents owed to a former brother-in-law. He’d demanded more money a few months earlier, even after they gave him $1000. They thought he might have kidnapped Karla to get more money, but he was later cleared.

Now, investigators believe someone else took Karla. Her case remains a mystery.

Agency:

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 702-229-5678

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