Recovered/Located CA- Veronica Elizabeth Prado, 15, Rohnert Park, 14 May 2020

[mlhenn]

Search continues for missing Rohnert Park teen

•last seen about 10 p.m. Thursday
•left her Rohnert Park home in the middle of the night
•left her parents a note that said she was leaving but would be back, and told them not to call the police
• didn’t say in the note where she was going
•Investigators learned from Prado’s friends she had a secret boyfriend, but haven’t been able to identify him
•Hispanic, female
•has brown hair and brown eyes
•about 5 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs 116 lbs
•She was last seen carrying a black Tommy Hilfiger bag

 

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‘Don’t call the police’: Missing 15-year-old girl may have left with adult man she met online

Polices told the newspaper that the teen girl left a note behind that read: “I’m leaving. I will come back. Don’t call the police.”
Friends of Veronica’s reportedly told police that she had met an older male online who may be an adult. Police now believe that Veronica likely left with that man, but they are not certain, and do not appear to know exactly who he is.
“We are just assuming that she left with him, but no one saw her leave with him,” Keith Astley, a detective sergeant with the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety, told the newspaper.

 

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‘Don’t call the police’: Missing 15-year-old girl may have left with adult man she met online

To Note:
LE also told the news outlet that police do not have any evidence to indicate that Prado’s disappearance is in any way related to a case of two teens who briefly went missing in the same area, but were found safe this past weekend in an undisclosed location.

 

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https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/k...kes-heart-wrenching-plea-to-find-missing-teen

A North Bay teenager has been missing since May 15 and her family is heartsick.

Because there is no evidence of abduction, they worry police aren't taking her case seriously.

Speaking about Veronica's disappearance for the first time on Tuesday, her parents said they are afraid she was manipulated by someone she met on social media.

“We taught her everything about the dangers of the streets and social media, meeting strangers, she knows all this," said her dad, Ruben.

Veronica, or Vero as she is known, is in 9th grade, home-schooled, happy and family-oriented, her parents say.

She has never run away before.
"Never talked about it, never threatened us with it, never," said her father.

 

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https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/k...kes-heart-wrenching-plea-to-find-missing-teen

Now, from Veronica's friends, they are learning she may have met a boyfriend on Hoop, a social app connected to Snapchat.

It's aimed at ages 12 -18, connecting young people who share pictures and information.

Hoop is often referred to as "Tinder for teenagers" because it operates similarly to the dating app.

Police say they are following tips, even out of state leads, but say they’ve got different descriptions of the subject, different descriptions of a vehicle.

In addition, investigators have talked to Veronica's friends, and will talk to them again, to try to glean more information.

 

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https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/k...kes-heart-wrenching-plea-to-find-missing-teen

Veronica did leave a cryptic note.

"It said, 'I'm leaving, I will be back, don't call the police, I have a surprise and give my money to my sisters’,'" said Astley, "and then she's gone."

The teenager took her baby blanket, some family photos, and her cell phone plus the charger.

But there has been no activity on her phone.
Tuesday evening, a few dozen family member fanned-out in the area where the phone last pinged.
•That happened at 3 am Friday, in an area behind the Walmart store in Rohnert Park.
•They have searched the vicinity repeatedly and knocked at dozens of houses on nearby Labath and Millbrae Ave., looking for security video.

When the family encountered Sgt. Astley and another officer during their search, emotions boiled over.
But Astley says the department is working hard on the case.

"If they can find her before us, great, go for it," said Astley, "but we care and we are looking for her."

There is a $10,000 reward for information bringing Prado safely home.

 

[TatianaBarbie]

California Attorney General Missing Persons:

Veronica Elizabeth Prado

 

[TatianaBarbie]

The family is so worried about Veronica. They have set up a "find" page on Facebook:

Finding Veronica Prado "Finding Veronica Prado"


Veronica's aunt, or mother, "VA" has more posts about what has been done so far in the the search for Veronica. Search Facebook for "veronica prado, rohnert park police." VA is listed below the photo on a post to "Redding Crime and Community Alert."

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[Filly]

Hoping the 10K reward moves somebody to speak up.

15 years old. Beautiful, family oriented girl. Her poor family. Unimaginable.

Hoop? Who knew. These kids are so electronically sophisticated yet so vulnerable. Please be O.K. Veronica, and come home. The fact she took family photos and her old blanket? Speaks volumes. As if the young lady is expecting to set up house.

 

[mlhenn]

Missing Rohnert Park Girl Found In Salinas With 18-Year-Old Man

LOCATED
ARREST MADE

The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety and the FBI have located 15 year old Veronica Elizabeth Prado. She was found in an apartment in Salinas about 150 miles from her home.

“Officers also located an 18-year-old Humberto Gonzalez-Martinez from Salinas, in the apartment with the missing juvenile," Rohnert Park DPS Deputy Chief Aaron Johnson said. "Gonzalez-Martinez was interviewed and ultimately arrested in connection with the disappearance of Veronica."
Jail records at noon Friday showed Gonzalez-Martinez has since been booked into Sonoma County jail. His bail has been set at $120,000 pending a court appearance set for Tuesday.
His booking charges were felony child endangerment, child abduction, arranging to meet with a minor, statutory rape and sending harmful matter to a minor.

 

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Additional links:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Missing-Rohnert-Park-girl-found-secret-adult-15288677.php

Rohnert Park and Salinas police, as well as FBI agents, received a tip and located the girl unharmed in a Salinas apartment around 8 p.m., officials said.
Gonzalez-Martinez met the girl online and became her “secret boyfriend,” Rohnert Park police said. Some of the girl’s friends said the teen had started seeing a male who was “older,” and she left with him voluntarily on May 14.

Rohnert Park teen found safe in Salinas, in FBI custody

Prado will be reunited with her family shortly. She has undergone a mental health and welfare assessment.

 

[10ofRods]

Happy news! Good police work.