PA PA - Nicole Miracle Santa-Cruz, <1 Year Old, Philadelphia, 11 May 1997

[Gardener1850]

No Photo

Missing Person / NamUs #MP8955
NCMEC Number 833163
Nicole Miracle Santa-Cruz

Female, Hispanic / Latino
Black Hair
Brown Eyes

Scar/mark
Very bad rash on face

Missing Age< 1 Year
Current Age 22 Years

Circumstances
Date of Last Contact May 11, 1997
NamUs Case Created December 17, 2010
Last Known Location Map
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County

Circumstances of Disappearance
Nicole was last seen on May 11, 1997.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Gardener1850]

'Missing is worse than dead': Cold cases that don’t make the headlines

Feb 5, 2015

Sometimes police reports are even falsified. Philadelphia technically still has a 1997 open case on Nicole Miracle Santa-Cruz. Between three or four months old, the Latina baby was reported missing by her father. The story was that he had left her with a babysitter before going to visit his mother for Mother’s Day, and when he came back, neither the baby nor the sitter could be found. The child was infected with HIV and required daily medication. Almost 18 years later, the PPD disclosed in an information request from AL DIA that the babysitter was never identified as real. City workers scoured the city for signs of Nicole Miracle Santa-Cruz, but she was never found. No arrests were made, and the father reportedly died a year later.

'Missing is worse than dead': Cold cases that don’t make the headlines

 

[CCJD]

From NamUs printed 10/15/2011

Dental information/charting is currently not available
DNA sample is currently not available
Fingerprint information is currently not available

 

[ChatteringBirds]

How sad. It seems Nicole was a baby who had lost her mama and then her papa did who knows what with her, and no one is available to provide DNA for NamUs?

I'd like to think he left her somewhere where she'd be found and cared-for, and no one ever made the connection that it was her.

 

[Manwel]

What became of the mother in this story? I wonder. Also the grandmother.

 

[CCJD]

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Her mother was alive when Nicole went missing.
Portion of article from May 15, 1997 attached.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Her mother was alive when Nicole went missing.
Portion of article from May 15, 1997 attached.

Thank you for the correction. I searched out the article you posted, and I was amazed it even gave the name of the alleged babysitter but said police could find no one who knew her. They quoted Nicole's mama as saying the baby was very sick. And that Nicole's parents were separated when she disappeared. I'm going to flag my previous post requesting deletion.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping up for Nicole.
I feel her case should have had even more attention.
How sad there was never a photo provided of her.

 

[CCJD]

How sad there was never a photo provided of her.

According to the attached article, there are no photos of Nicole.

Philly Daily News 6/2/97
2 Jun 1997, Page 6 - Philadelphia Daily News at Newspapers.com

 

[Keith417]

Does anyone know if Nicole’s parents are still alive?

 

[cheemsg]

Does anyone know if Nicole’s parents are still alive?

The article says her dad died a year later, no idea on the mum.