Missing 12-yr-old: More than two dozen investigators on the case

More than two dozen local, state and federal officers are now involved in the investigation into the disappearance of a missing Gainesville girl. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) issued an update on Facebook Thursday.

HCSO FACEBOOK POST:

“The ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด for ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ-๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ-๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜‡-๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‡ of Gainesville. Maria was last seen at her home on Westside Drive the morning of Wednesday, May 29. She was reported missing the following morning…

Many people have taken an active role in the search for Maria, and we are thankful for the support of the community as we work to bring Maria home. That said, we want to ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. In this post, you’ll see two flyers that are being distributed across the area. The original has a photo we shared in an earlier BOLO. The updated flyer has her school photo. Both flyers contain her physical description and the ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป to reach our investigative team. ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—น๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/sVbpjaD3HuMysy2m/?mibextid=oFDknk

We also want to thank local business leader Norma Hernandez for hosting a community meeting at her office and inviting some of our investigative team to speak with concerned clergy, business leaders and government officials about Maria’s disappearance. We have provided the link to the Facebook Live recording below.”

https://www.facebook.com/100028213923820/videos/765119552454053