CA CA - Mayanin Vazquez, 16, stopped at Smart & Final when walking to school, seen on video outside store w/unk man, Watts Dist, Los Angeles, 12 Aug 2024

[Unalienable Rights]

Watts family desperate for answers after 16-year-old girl goes missing

A Watts family is desperate for answers and asking for the public's help in finding a missing 16-year-old girl last seen one week ago.

abc7.com

Info from the article and YouTube video:

Mayanin Vazquez, age 16, was walking to school with her two sisters on August 12. She told them she needed to pick something up at Smart & Final, and she left them to go into the store.

She is seen on video walking outside the store with a man who is unknown to anyone in the family (she is one of 11 children.) They were walking in the area of Laurel & E 97th St in the Watts district of Los Angeles.

She is a good student and athlete and doesn't have a boyfriend.

She left her phone at home that day.

Following video shows them walking:

This ABC 7 video shows a close up of the man's face. He has his arm around her in that picture. I'm wondering if she was meeting up with someone she met online.

 

[LadyL]

does that look like a phone in her left hand? stop the video at 6 seconds
am I seeing things? could it be a burner?

but from the article:

'Her family also says she left her phone at home.'

if he instructed her to leave her phone at home, that is very concerning

 

[LadyL]

oh there is also footage of her and the guy with his arm around her and his face is very visible
this shouldn't take long for someone to turn him in