Father desperate to find his little 12-year-old girl who went missing in Gainesville

Her father spoke to 11Alive in Spanish at his home Wednesday evening, saying he just wanted his daughter to come back home.

[@minniesimmonsmoody4761]

May God protect her and guide her home to safety❤

[@ToOpen6seven]

Lord please return this beautiful young lady home safe and sound!

[@happyheidi747]

Prayers she is found safe 🙏

[@tamaramadison7563]

Lord send your Angel to this baby to get Safe

[@ebutuoyssa]

So very heartbreaking. Whoever is involved in this disappearance needs to be found and dealt with. Prayers for this beautiful little angel.

[@tracymorris5697]

Wow! she’s missing, isn’t that enough of an alert??? Prayers, love and hugs to this family❤️❤️❤️

[@shinola228]

The rule shouldn't be that the child has to meet all five criteria. One should suffice.

[@birgittaussery4280]

​@shinola228 I guess the GBI has never heard of human trafficking? How would they feel if it was one of their children? Hope she is found safe.

[@fredvp]

I’m 76 now. When I wa about her age and walking from my school bus home, a black car stopped and tried to get me to go in their car and I ran away. I hope no creeps got her.

[@1ts-addy]

Fr

[@poollife777]

They don't need cars they just need more kids with freaking phones.

[@Cheesecake.496]

This truly made me weep and still. She reminds me of my 12 year old baby girl. I cannot fathom the thought of something like this to ever happen... I would, literally, lose my mind. I know the father was fighting back tears. Hearing him say that he can't live without her pierced my heart.💔 Heavenly Father, I humbly come before Thee, in the Name of Jesus, asking for Thy protection and covering over Maria and her family. I ask that Thou would cover her with in the Most precious blood of Jesus and protect her from any & all sickness and evil intent to harm her. I pray that any plans of the enemy to bring harm to her be cancelled out so we may see her return back home to her family. I say these things in Jesus' Mighty Name. Amen!🙏

[@saravillareal6012]

Amen

[@lifeinpodunkville543]

Amen 🙏

[@azucenahernandez3663]

Amén

[@mercedsoriano3712]

Amen

[@poollife777]

She ran away with an older man because her parents didn't pay attention to her.

[@lynneleeluckdowsing6654]

Little girls confide in their closest friends' Identify and speak to them to find out whether there was anything going on in her life or head. Too much pain, Father.

[@dampam4273]

facts

[@speakthewordbiblestudy]

So ignorant that they don’t put the alerts out for all missing children. I mean, what is it gonna hurt to alert everyone someone is missing further and wider instead of just locally… RIDICULOUS and utterly UNRIGHTEOUS!

[@karensback]

They should create their own alert and stop freeloading from YT.

[@mamakitty584]

Amber Alerts are only done if they have a vehicle description.

[@TMGettingMoney]

I pray that your baby girl is located safe and sound, may Yahweh, the God of Israel bless, protect and deliver her back to her family🙏🏾👑🏆

[@Everyoneisanartist776]

🙏🫶

[@jseehowitsbeen3177]

Please Lord, let her be found safe and unharmed. Please be with the family who are suffering right now.

[@Cheeseburgertime]

Yes that's how we need to be as parents, fierce bold and ready to set the world on fire to find yours if need being❤

[@teliciad9388]

Lord Jesus Cover this Child .Prayers are running over.

[@lauriepolden6594]

I am not in touch with my 34-year-old daughter and I get scared when I don’t hear from her. It’s been months now and I worry every day that she’s all right I can’t imagine her being 12 years old and not able to hear from her the insanity of people anymore, if you have a child that you’ve loved and cannot find them as a mother that is the hardest most frightening most emotional thing that you will ever go through!

[@J-sw6mt]

Call her girl! Maybe something happened to her 😮

[@JustMe-cm1wy]

🙏🏼🙌🏼🫶🏼💪🏼Father God, please bring her home!!🙏🏼🙌🏼🫶🏼

[@l.b.5892]

Meet criteria?? She's missing... why are there limitations in searching for her.

[@theartsypixie2771]

Watch the fathers interview, that's why. See the criteria they don't feel it meets them for a good reason. Like I've said in many other family caused missing persons cases, affect is wrong, body language and micro expressions read as deceptive. Unfortunately, my training is spot on and I have a sadly perfect score. The investigators involved know what their doing and why they are doing it. Sadly it doesn't bode well for a happy outcome. 😔

[@l.b.5892]

@@theartsypixie2771 Omg I was thiking the same thing. His eye contact is off too and he's not really pleading. I hope Maria is safe 🙏

[@lostwoods5687]

Do you even speak Spanish because he’s clearly pleading for her to be found. You’re assuming a lot. Keep in mind that a lot of people from other cultures have different beliefs about direct eye contact. While in Western culture avoiding eye contact is seen as a sign of deception, in some indigenous cultures, it is seen as a sign of respect. In many Latino cultures (Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban) maintained eye contact is a sign of the "evil eye" which people believe causes injury or illness. hopefully, the cops have actual evidence and not just going off the man not making eye contact.

[@theartsypixie2771]

@lostwoods5687 Actually, I do. Are you saying you can't lie in Spanish? I'm not just looking at the eyes, I'm looking at many things micro expressions, body movement, voice inflection, etc... I've used this training in many different countries with many different jaguars and cultures. There are universal tells, and he is exhibiting them.

[@barrettokarate]

@@lostwoods5687 "Evil eye"? You're talking about Latin America i.e. Western Hemisphere, not Romania. Never met a person from Latin American who didn't look me in the eyes. If someone doesn't look you in the eyes, it's because they're either an introvert or lying.

[@louiseharrison3176]

PRAYING GOD'S PROTECTION OVER CHILD. THAT SHE IS FOUND SAFE 🙏🙏🙏

[@Danny451]

Did god protect the innocent firstborn when he struck them down at midnight in Egypt?

[@fresaxvaleria9500]

So very heartbreaking! I hope she will be found safe as soon. God knows where she is at. Send a prayer 🙏🏼

[@janetbrooks6467]

Praying for safe return in Jesus name Amen 🙏

[@joeroganreviewexperience9964]

A week ,terrible 😢

[@petrajuarez6108]

Prayers ❤️ for her to be found safe ❤❤❤

[@jlover2769]

This Story should of provided more information for somebody that's been missing for a week... Perpetrator got a 7 day head start and y'all on day 1

[@shinola228]

My guess is she's still right in the area. Someone has her. I can't picture someone from out of town just driving through and picking her up and no one saw or heard anything. The crowd needs to go door to door and talk to every male living alone for starters.

[@askew9976]

@@shinola228why only men? A woman will cut a baby out of your womb and leave you for dead. Don’t underestimate or assume anything.

[@lifeinpodunkville543]

​@@shinola228 I'm in middle TN, and as soon as I saw this girl's picture I recognized her. I have seen her or a girl who looks exactly like her very recently. I'm sitting here racking my brain trying to remember where and what day. Should I call that number? I don't want to be wrong, and I sure don't want to give this family false hope or information. This is the first time I've seen this news story, and I really feel like I saw her.

[@St.Maurice]

Sorry, the father isn’t emotional enough………

[@jlover2769]

@@St.Maurice Who cares about the father's emotional state

[@monicafigueroa2018]

I pray she is found safe 🙏

[@jackyavaa3459]

Something is off about dad. No emotion

[@lostwoods5687]

Should he be crying like Susan Smith?

[@dampam4273]

@@lostwoods5687 yes

[@Dela_Ripz]

Thank you the comment i was looking for i speak fluent Spanish and the way he spoke and what he said rubbed me off as he knows more than what he is saying. And the way he said he missed her at the end was weird af. If i was missing for 3 weeks when i was 12 my dad would be distraught he looks like hes not Even addressing her if that makes any sense

[@waterislife5109]

Poor little girl. I hope they find her.

[@annejames890]

Lord Jesus , please bring this girl back to her family safe in jesus name .

[@orosalsero]

I see people walking the streets with signs, but no one really searching, how about the police get some hound dogs, and try a search pattern.

[@violentneighborhood]

Its nice to see all those police out there helping bring Maria home..

[@jeanettesmith765]

The police don't gather in groups like this and pass out flyers. They are working behind the scenes. Let's be mad at whoever took her.

[@user-wz2zl2by8v]

The dad didn't cry or emotional pain talking like everything is ok or sound desperate like other parents?

[@lostwoods5687]

You mean he should be crying like Susan Smith?

[@PrincessCashmonie]

He lied on national television about not being able to live without Maria. It’s been an entire week. He appears to be alive and kicking.

[@jeanettesmith765]

@@lostwoods5687 Yes.

[@brendareinaga4721]

Something seems off

[@Alcon_wof]

​@@lostwoods56870:50 you mean to tell me being chill that your cold is lost is normal?

[@jacquelinefroehle3583]

Big prayers tgst God is with her now and guiding all matters to bring her home safely.

[@sues9809]

Prayers that she’s found safe!

[@esmeraldacamacho7719]

🙏🙏🙏🙏God Please let this little Angel make it home safe

[@ThamizhLife]

Sending prayers to the family. . . Hope they find her soon !!!

[@weirdchickalert]

Poor maria, her father and the community. Pray Maria is safe from harm and returns home in good health in Jesus Name, Amen. From NZ 🇳🇿

[@henrykirk4457]

Te Awamutu.

[@lifeinpodunkville543]

​@@henrykirk4457 What does a town in New Zealand have to do with this?

[@henrykirk4457]

The original poster is from New Zealand . So am I. @@lifeinpodunkville543

[@nicolejohnston8597]

Prayers she comes home to her family safe!!!!!!! 🙏🏻

[@Sof2cool4you]

I live in gorgia and it is heartbreaking to hear I am a teen and if that was me I would be scared but may god be in her hands

[@an12-ck1gz]

Why I want to quit working so I can be with my kids!!

[@dampam4273]

you just don't want to work!

[@JCcreates927]

I hope you find your little girl. I can't even imagine what you are going through. I am so tired of hearing about children going missing.

[@geminiwaywardbound1229]

I hope and pray she’s safe well somewhere 🤷🏼‍♂️ So many children missing, Please bring her home to her Heartbroken Father, she means the world to him, he’s clearly lost without her 😞❤️‍🩹🙏🏻

[@erikagutierrez7132]

😢❤ Hope they find her soon

[@LifewithAQandWynter]

I hope shes okay and she will be guided back home

[@katiaemeline2092]

People need to get doorbell cameras they are cheap enough now

[@Terance966]

Sooo sad find her now

[@marie6885]

Our Father who art in heaven Lord You know all things. Every hair on our head is numbered. You know where this child is please cover, protect, and hide her from all evil. Please deliver her and bring her home safely and quickly Lord. Have mercy on this child and family. Save her Lord. Convict those who have her or know where she is. Cause them to relent and to release her unharmed. Please grant law enforcement, her family and friends, and all people who are wherever this child is and goes wisdom, discernment, power, and the courage to rescue her. Help all children/persons who have been abducted, all who are in harm's way, all who have runaway save them, protect them, bring them home Lord safely. Be with them and be with their loved ones. Lord if home is not a safe place then reveal that also. In Jesus' name I ask and thank You. To You Holy Father belongs the glory and the power forever. Amen.

[@anatureperson5551]

Oh my gosh.

[@maggiemizrachi513]

Something just doesn't add up...the interview with the dad...

[@Alcon_wof]

That's what I'm saying... He's mad fishy

[@gritzgravy1760]

Something doesn't sound right with this case 😕 I believe it's someone in the family

[@Lulusvideos1]

I agree, they seemed to have left out a lot of information.

[@debbielighthall9671]

Keep your horrible comments to yourself Unbelievable!!!!!

[@Dela_Ripz]

Something is rubbing me off hella wrong, hope they look real closely into her family as well. Hope they find her safe and soon.

[@Alcon_wof]

On gosh, look at the dad's reply 0:50 he seems mad chill with it...

[@Dela_Ripz]

@@Alcon_wof dad is sus af

[@bloodlove93]

let me guess, she had a smart phone with who knows what social media on it and wasn't monitored at all or restricted or asked who she was talking to? see if you can get records from whatever apps she used ,probably find someone there that saud or did something, that's how it happens a lot nowadays.

[@askew9976]

A little girl discarding her driveway after getting off the school bus. The parents were scrutinized. It was an Amazon driver delivering at that moment, he grabbed her!

[@beverlybradley5485]

It’s not always a stranger, police need to look at the family situation, this is a similar situation to what happened a few years ago in Britain, it turned out to be the Grandmother’s partner, big police hunt and then they found her body in the loft, she’d never left the house.

[@perryrice4149]

I hope and pray this baby comes home safely. 🙆🏽‍♀️😔🙏🏽

[@annaechevarria3804]

Praying she will be found soon and safe ❤

[@ms.sharon.7581]

Hope she's found she's an innocent, helpless kid. Plz do an update.

[@jennapitts8373]

The father did somethimg to her

[@christiraya1484]

Lord please 🙏 bring her home safe! Please 🙏 don’t let anything happen to her ❤ please let this be a happy ending!!! No more of this please!

[@jasminehellen7842]

The fact that I stay 10 min away and have not seen police around looking, no dogs nothing just two signs… I agree not much is being done as it should be smh

[@Dela_Ripz]

I just found out about this case today, im from California this is a weird case and i hope she is found, something about her dad seems really off to me. Hope the community presses detectives to keep looking.

[@KarenKaren-lj9vt]

Sorry, my God

[@_schoolboy1867]

Prayers for the family

[@colleenfareri9762]

Prayers she is found safe

[@HOODCAK3Z706]

Check closeeee in that area!!! Someone has her that you least expect. Check a family member that's helping to find her.Good luck! Check little houses & a basement🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@davidwood7170]

UPDATE: she was found in Dover OHIO, living with a 34 year old male she met on Facebook. HCSO was able to track her location using the IP address on a Facebook messenger she used to contact her Dad to tell him she wes OK, and to stop looking for her.

[@MM-ss1sr]

😮😢 prayers for all

[@ChristiansEndeavorMinistries]

There’s a lot of info missing that if shared, could assist the community with better searching for this child. Smh - something isn’t adding up with this story.

[@JohnSmith-de4zr]

Father seems a little creepy, IJS, I hope she is found safe and healthy.

[@debbielighthall9671]

What a rotten comment 😡😡😡😡

[@ichabodacrane4331]

@@debbielighthall9671 no, things like that happen with Guatemalans. Rape, teen pregnancy and incest are rampant over there. Some of my Guatemalan students have been a victim of men in their own families. It saw on another video where someone said she lives with her dad and 4 other men. Her mom is still in Guatemala. She was probably being abused and ran away from it. Probably back with her mother. And dad knows cuz he is way too calm.

[@barbiejimenezmojica40]

God please send this child home ❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽❤️❤️

[@janethutcheson3678]

Someone knows where she is, praying that she is found safe.🙏🏼

[@angelabecerril6490]

No entiendo cómo puede verse tan tranquilo en su lugar ya estuviera a punto de volverme loca si uno de los hijos se pierde

[@Dela_Ripz]

Algo esta raro del papa que no? El sabe algo?

[@Starrr-ro8hg]

Prayers may God protect her

[@nicollehudgins8230]

🙏🏽😞hopefully success will happen

[@mailyn63]

Lord please bring her home safe and sound 😞🙏🙏🙏

[@marianasolorio8420]

The dad is not emotional. What's up with that stranger being emotional and looking for this little girl like if it was his own daughter. Im sure there's more to this story. Why is the dad not concerned?

[@Alcon_wof]

THATS WHAT IM SAYING, LIKE TF!? WHY IS HE SO MONATONE WITH IT? 0:50

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

I hope she is found quickly!

[@maggiemizrachi513]

Father ... miss you a lot.. talk to me....

[@yycfashionbotique8200]

Oh GOD please bring this young girl back to her family oh LORD,send your holy spirit to protect her and to be safe 🙏🙏🙏🙏 And be with the family in the name of JESUS AMEN🙏

[@spoonypoon7998]

Why was she at home Wednesday at 10 AM? She should have been in school..

[@barrettokarate]

Considering he likely doesn't speak the king's English; I think you know why...

[@jeanettesmith765]

School's out. It's summertime!

[@MajesticPeacockVibes333]

Spread the word more

[@allesasmart]

Check dad. Nope. Check his phone.

[@1ts-addy]

I live in the same state as Maria I don’t know her but I see the signs everywhere praying that’s she’s ok

[@PaulUnknown-so8yn]

May she be found safe and sound. Jesus name amen.

[@tiney24girl]

I hope they find her she is only 12 Years old hope she is safe❤

[@LadyMetatronz]

Have they checked on online profile? Who has she been talking to?

[@RodneySlinger]

Hopefully she is found safe. Maybe they would have been better off staying in their home country.

[@rsgws3885]

Dad looks so suspicious

[@Alcon_wof]

Agreed

[@mariasiburt1755]

WHAT IS GOING ON!?.....JUST TO MANY PREDATORS OUT THERE!...I HOPE SHE RETURN HOME SAFE!

[@tylercooper2311]

Did she have a phone to see if she was in contact with anybody?

[@user-oc8kz1zj4m]

God Help❤️🙏🏻

[@yoasecas524]

Por la actitud del papá creo que esa niña huyó y él lo sabe. No está desaparecida, está escondida.

[@ritadyer9295]

No mention of her mom?

[@ichabodacrane4331]

her mom is probably back in guatemala. one of my students came with her dad while the mom and baby sibling stayed in guatemala for a while

[@roselynn816]

Praying for her safe return in Jesus name!

[@nitzaiviaa]

I did not see a single emotion from that father

[@Compmix-nz2vm]

Im 57 yrs old and when i was living with my both parents im bronx ny i was in front of the building where we lived with my dog i was 6 yrs old and a man kept calling me to go with him i was scared lucky my mom came out the building and i told her thank god nothing happened but things could of been differently

[@JefferyTurcios]

This is just bazaar I can't even let my kids play out side because I worry to much and care about them if that were my kid I would be screaming so hard that I break my throat

[@jeanettesmith765]

I was overprotective of my child. Even at age 12, they were not allowed out alone.

[@EavyMuturuh]

Don’t they have cameras everywhere and what about satellites?

[@BernardLimpet-qd8bk]

Ya'll need to go find her...

[@oneeyeopen5044]

What is the situation somebody took her from the home?

[@Imanimal-lover]

Does this young lady have a mother ?

[@dampam4273]

probably not...I'm guessing she was brought over the border by her father for a better life!

[@kidmailchery2693]

I hope she is found

[@InT3graTi-Of-Pur3InH3arT]

Heavenly Father by the POWER of your HOLY SPIRIT give this father supernatural knowledge how to fight, seek, pray, and win to get his daughter back! Only you Lord, ONLY you can bring her back. In Jesus Name I take hold of my confession of FAITH on his behalf in Jesus Name Amen 🙏

[@modestinemungo4661]

Lord,😩.. I couldn't imagine.. if I disappeared. Bc I was too my mother's only child. Maaan.. momma probably would've just died. She couldnt have taken it. I was all she had in this world 🌎

[@branchtobranch5607]

Where was she when she was taken? A home, a store, in the yard, where?

[@daveandrade8189]

Those details might help.

[@branchtobranch5607]

@@daveandrade8189 Makes you wonder when they don’t give even the simplest details, so the child might actually be found. In today’s world, the father could have eliminated his child. I don’t trust any story like this that leaves out even the simplest details that could help.

[@lisahawkins9187]

Heartbreaking 💔 These are Critical Last Days 2nd Timothy 3;1-5 😢