Disappearance of Dulce Avalez

Dulce Maria[1] Avalez is a missing person. She went missing on September 16, 2019.[2] She was born on April 25, 2014.

Dulce Avalez
Born(2014-04-25)April 25, 2014
DisappearedSeptember 16, 2019 (aged 5)
StatusMissing since September 16, 2019

Disappearance

On September 16, 2019, Dulce and her brother went to a park at around 4:00 PM (EST). While her mother and Dulce’s 8 years old cousin were in the car around 30 yards away from the park.[3] Around a few minutes later, her mother and Dulce’s cousin came back, only to find Dulce’s brother upset, but his sister was not there.

Possibilities

  • Dulce may not be dead.[4]
  • One of her mother’s friends may have kidnapped her.[5]

References

  1. "The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)".
  2. "This N.J. Girl vanished without a trace. Two months later, cops say they haven't given up hope". 14 November 2019.
  3. Goldbaum, Christina (October 2019). "A 5-Year-Old Girl Went Missing from a Playground. What Happened?". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/nyregion/missing-child-nj-dulce-alavez.html. 
  4. "Mother of missing New Jersey 5-year-old Dulce Alavez thinks she's still alive". NBC News.
  5. "What's known about a 5-year-old missing for months". ABC News.