5/28 10 AM: A 12-year-old San Francisco girl reported missing Thursday remained missing overnight, but is now considered a runaway and is not believed to be at risk, police spokesman Officer Boaz Mariles said.
Mireya Zapata was last seen Thursday morning when she went to school, police said. At about 2:50 p.m., she sent a text message to her mother, saying she was at a bus stop and on her way home.
However, Zapata, who goes to school in the Sunset District and lives downtown, never showed up at her home, police said. The girl exchanged text messages with her mother over the next several hours but did not text a secret code letting the mother know she was OK upon request, according to police.
At about 7 p.m., Zapata’s mother received a text message reading, “Don’t look for me no more,” and when her mother asked why, the response read, “Just don’t,” police said.
As of 7:30 a.m. today, the girl had still not been found, however inspectors learned through further investigation with her family that she ran away from home, according to Mariles.
Inspectors learned there were previous unreported incidents where the girl ran away from home, Mariles said.
The girl is believed to be in the East Bay, Mariles said. He declined to elaborate.
Police are still trying to locate Zapata to return her to her family.
5/27 10:13 PM: San Francisco police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 12-year-old girl reported missing today.
Police said Mireya Zapata was last seen this morning when she went to school. At about 2:50 p.m., she sent a text message to her mother, saying she was at a bus stop and on her way home.
However, Zapata, who goes to school in the Sunset District and lives downtown, never showed up at her home, police said. The girl exchanged text messages with her mother over the next several hours, but did not text a secret code letting the mother know she was OK upon request, according to police.
At about 7 p.m., Zapata’s mother received a text message reading, “Don’t look for me no more,” and when her mother asked why, the response read, “Just don’t,” police said.
Police spokesman Officer Boaz Mariles said Zapata does not have a history of running away and she is considered to be at risk. Police are actively searching for the girl and ask anyone with information regarding her whereabouts to call police at (415) 553-1071.
“It’s a continuous search, meaning there are officers assigned strictly to this,” Mariles said of the effort to locate Zapata.
Zapata is described as a light-skinned Hispanic girl, 5 feet 3 inches, 140 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, black and white Nike shoes and had a white backpack.
