MIRAMAR – In 2021, a lot more than 25,000 incidents of lacking youngsters ended up claimed in Florida, and those people nevertheless missing are the focus of a ceremony to not only raise awareness but to realize the function of all those who have worked to reunite young ones and their people.
There are quite a few open up cases of missing small children in South Florida together with 6-calendar year-aged Jorge “Jo Jo” Morales as properly that of 14-yr-outdated Victoria Gonzalez who disappeared following walking out of her school, New Renaissance in Miramar.
“It is really been 11 months, September 17th will be just one yr,” Enrique Gonzalez mentioned.
Due to the fact Victoria went missing, her dad, Enrique Gonzalez and his family have not been the very same. It retains him up at evening.
“I’ve been out from 2 to 3 o’clock in the early morning, driving around searching for her, it really is tricky to categorical whether it is really discomfort, it could be panic so numerous emotions go by way of you,” he stated.
That’s why on this Florida Missing Children’s Working day, he is sharing his story to enable bring Victoria and other folks like her house. “We need to know where she’s at, we want to know who has her, and I feel yet again the community getting involved, it presents the guardian, moms and dads, a relief knowing that there is other individuals paying out awareness,” he reported.
Component of the rationale for this once-a-year function is in part due to the case of 9-12 months-outdated Jimmy Ryce, he was abducted, raped and murdered in 1995. His dad and mom have died but they produced the Jimmy Ryce Centre to assistance give bloodhounds to legislation enforcement to locate lacking people, and to stop the exploitation and abduction of young children.
“Make sure you do not neglect lacking children, it is really incredibly critical, it really is a subject matter that a great deal of people you should not want to chat about. It does not have a fairly picture, but it is really serious, and our youngsters realize it,” Terry Lynn with the Jimmy Ryce Centre said.
For Victoria’s dad, even sharing one flyer could deliver him one step closer to a reunion with his daughter.
“I have not listened to her voice in a yr, I skipped her birthday, I missed Thanksgiving, I skipped Christmas. I nevertheless have Christmas gifts of hers, it is pretty tough not figuring out, and not being aware of where she’s at.”
Victoria is 5’2, 226 lbs, she was last seen sporting a white shirt, burgundy sweater, and black pants. Any person with facts is urged to call, Miramar PD at 954-602-4000.
