NJ NJ - Francheska & Misheila Sugel Martinez, twins, 13, Paterson, 9 Jun 2000 & 22 Jul 2000

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Francheska Sugel Martinez – The Charley Project
Misheila Sugel Martinez – The Charley Project
Missing Person Case
Missing Person Case

Details of Disappearance

Francheska ran away from her Paterson, New Jersey home on June 9, 2000, the day before her thirteenth birthday. Her twin sister, Misheila, stated they were at 17th Avenue and east 22nd Street when Francheska said she was going to the store.

When the girls' stepfather came to the store a few minutes later, he found out Francheska had never arrived there. At 1:30 p.m., Francheska called home and spoke to Misheila, saying she was with friends at the Great Falls on the Passaic River in Paterson. She asked Misheila not to tell anyone, then hung up. She has never been heard from again.

Francheska told friends she was interested in attending the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan, New York on June 11, but it's unclear whether she ever arrived there. Friends reported she was dating a 22-year-old man her family didn't know.

A few days after her disappearance, the clothes Francheska had been wearing on the day she vanished, untorn but minus the shoes, were found in a supermarket bag in the driveway outside her mother's house.

Details of Disappearance


On July 22, six weeks after her twin sister disappeared, Misheila also vanished. Authorities believe the twins left of their own accord and may be traveling together. They may be in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn or the Bronx. Their cases remain unsolved.
Misheila's twin sister Francheska ran away from their Paterson, New Jersey home on June 9, 2000, the day before the girls' thirteenth birthday. Misheila stated she and Francheska were at 17th Avenue and east 22nd Street when Francheska said she was going to the store.

When the girls' stepfather came to the store a few minutes later, he found out she had never arrived there. At 1:30 p.m., Francheska called home and spoke to Misheila, saying she was with friends at the Great Falls on the Passaic River in Paterson. She asked Misheila not to tell anyone, then hung up. She has never been heard from again.

Francheska told friends she was interested on attending the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan, New York on June 11, but it's unclear whether she ever arrived there. Friends reported she was dating a 22-year-old man her family didn't know.

A few days after her disappearance, the clothes Francheska had been wearing on the day she vanished, untorn but minus the shoes, were found in a supermarket bag in the driveway outside her mother's house.

On July 22, six weeks after her twin sister disappeared, Misheila also vanished. Authorities believe the twins left of their own accord and may be traveling together. They may be in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn or the Bronx. Their cases remain unsolved.
Francheska Sugel Martinez
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Francheska, circa 2000; Age-progression to age 31 (circa 2018)

Misheila Sugel Martinez
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Misheila, circa 2001; Age-progression to age 31 (circa 2018)
 
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Wow this is a odd one because they left at different times.
 
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And a 12-year-old dating a 22-year-old?
 
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Agreed - it's very strange. These girls were 13. I can't even imagine what they found that made them want to leave home. Unless home wasn't so lovely.
 
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Bumping case up.
I hope they are alive and well and together. But they have been gone for a very long time.
And there are very concerning details.
I hope LE will not let this case fall by the wayside, no matter how much time passes.
Misheila Sugel Martinez – The Charley Project
 
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Have the parents or any family members ever said anything about this??
 
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Bumping up. They are still listed in NamUs. They have been adults for a long time. If they are safe and go to police to let them know, I assume they be removed from NamUs and cases closed. I do fear they were victims, though :(
 
  • #9
Wow, this bit from The Charley Project is particularly shocking:

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t's possible twins left of their own accord and may be traveling together, possibly in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn or the Bronx. There is also speculation that they were victims of human trafficking.

Another theory is the girls' stepfather, Hipolito Miguel Corniel, was involved. A few months after Francheska and Misheila disappeared, Corniel killed a young woman. He served a seventeen-year sentence for the crime and was released in 2017. The girls' brother believes one of his sisters was pregnant with Corniel's child in 2000, but there is no evidence to support this theory."

 
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there are so many things that could have happened in this case... it could be that the stepfather abused the two girls, that one was pregnant, human trafficking, that they agreed to escape together, somehow they returned to their country of origin, perhaps the 22-year-old man at that time took them both to who knows where they could have been sold, raped, trafficked etc...
poor little girls I hope with all my heart that they have not suffered so much..
rest in peace
 
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Bumping for a very confusing case.. I hope they are alright.
 
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bump
 
  • #14
Found this in a Spanish language newspaper. The translation isn’t perfect but it’s still understandable ☹️

New Jersey State police join the search in 2013​

"We devote hours and hours and many resources to the search, but we came to the same conclusion as many other detectives: frustration with Mr. Hipólito," said Detective Erin Micciula of the State Police in New Jersey.

"He (Corniel), confessed but then retracted and unfortunately we don't know where to look for them to recover them," said the officer.

The brother insists that Corniel's relationship with Francheska did not look "normal" and the man always took her shopping to the stores and she returned loaded with clothes and gifts.

Martínez says that before disappearing, the other twin left a letter in which she reproached her mother for not loving her stepfather and being "unfaithful" to him, so she and her sister claimed that they were not happy with their mother.

The mother, Gloria Puello, admits that Corniel was jealous of her with a neighbor, but clarifies that she never had any relationship with the alleged lover.

"Corniel's only way to take revenge on the mother of the twins was to hurt the daughters, knowing how much the mother loved her," says the former detective.



Also some details about the murder Corniel committed just after the second twin disappeared:
 
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circa 2000; Age-Progression by NCMEC to age 25 years; 31 years

Nickname/Alias: Francheska Martinez-Gissat
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Mole on right breast; discoloration on left arm

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available; wearing braces at time of disappearance
Fingerprints: Unavailable
DNA: Available

Francheska is described by family members as very friendly. The seventh-grader had never stayed out late and always came home after school. There were no family issues and she was doing well in school.






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circa 2000; Age-Progression by NCMEC to age 31 years

Eye Color: Green
Nickname/Alias: Misheila Martiniz-Gissat
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Smarr scar by nose; freckles; mole on buttocks

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unavailable
Fingerprints: Unavailable
DNA: Available

Jewelry: Ring with a small stone in the middle

 
  • #16
It REALLY bothers (and sickens) me that Francheska had a secret 22 year old boyfriend. My thoughts go to wondering if these two twin sisters were trafficked.




Francheska had braces on her teeth when she was last seen.
Francheska is of Puerto Rican descent.




She has a freckled complexion, a mole on her buttocks and a small scar near her nose.
She is of Puerto Rican descent.


<<It's possible twins left of their own accord and may be traveling together, possibly in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn or the Bronx. There is also speculation that they were victims of human trafficking.>> (Aha! Just like I was thinking!)
 
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