OH OH - Nevaeh Rishardra Valencia Holton, 2, Cleveland, 13 Nov 2012

[ChatteringBirds]

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/115751/details

Missing Person / NamUs #MP115751

Nevaeh Rishardra Valencia Holton, Female, Black / African American
Date of Last Contact: November 13, 2012
Missing From: Cleveland, Ohio

Missing Age: 2 Years
Current Age: 13 Years

Height: 1' 8" - 3' 0" (20 - 36 Inches)
Weight: 6 - 30 lbs

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Last confirmed sighting of Nevaeh Holton was at a doctor's appointment at Metro Hospital.

Hair Color: Other

Head Hair Description
Nevaeh was born with dark hair with a distinctive white patch in the front (she was diagnosed with Waardenburg Syndrome)

Eye Color: Brown

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I-TEAM: First look at investigation regarding local child missing for years

CLEVELAND — The FOX 8 I-TEAM has obtained pictures of a local missing child who has not been seen in years, putting a face on a growing mystery at the heart of an investigation. The photos gi…

fox8.com

Records show Nevaeh would be 9 years old now. But, police have only been given photos of the girl from years earlier.
Months ago, Cuyahoga County child welfare workers called police and filed a missing person report on Nevaeh. They said the child’s mother claimed she had given the girl to a relative in Florida in 2013, but mom had also given conflicting information.
A source close to the investigation also told us she is not answering questions for police. Neither is Nevaeh’s father.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I wonder which symptoms she had and whether she was provided by her parents with any medical support/therapy before whatever led to her disappearance. Were her parents estranged from their families?

There are different types of Waardenburg syndrome and symptoms vary, but this baby may have had deafness and other symptoms. JMO.

Waardenburg Syndrome - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is a group of genetic conditions inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion.[1] It is named after Dutch ophthalmologist and geneticist Petrus Johannes Waardenburg, who described it in 1951.[1] During embryogenesis, there is an abnormal distribution of melanocytes, which...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

"Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is a group of genetic conditions...It is characterized by a broad nasal root, lateral displacement of medial canthi with the dystopia of lacrimal puncta, pigmentary abnormalities of the iris, hypertrichosis of the medial part of the eyebrows, white forelock, and deaf-mutism...

Prognosis
WS is a chronic condition. Life expectancy in children with Waardenburg syndrome is normal."

 

[Aurora90]

Bumping for this poor little girl

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Nevaeh Rishardra Valencia Holton – The Charley Project

Added to the Charley Project.

 

[sunflowermomma]

Bump - added to NAMUS today - where is Nevaeh?

 

[mlhenn]

Nevaeh Rishardra Valencia Holton – The Charley Project

Last updated February 11, 2025; age-progression added.

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Nevaeh

 

[Aurora90]

look at that beautiful white stripe of hair.

Where are you darling?

 

[TwinkieDefense]

March 14, 2025 article

Seeking Justice: 2-year-old Cleveland girl still missing after more than a decade

The toddler was last seen in November 2012, but she wasn’t reported missing until nearly six years later by a social worker.

www.cleveland19.com

[…]

“First and foremost, trying to identify where she is, but to be quite frank, also if she’s still living. According to the Social Security Administration their website, a person is presumed deceased if they haven’t been heard from for a period of seven years. Right now, we are long beyond that seven years for Nevaeh. So obviously, we are very concerned,” said Special Agent McCaskill.

[…]

 

[mlhenn]

Nevaeh Rishardra Valencia Holton – The Charley Project

Last updated March 15, 2025; medical conditions and details of disappearance updated.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Missing Person -

www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov

Photo on right is age-progressed to 14.