CATHERINE HOYOS - 15 yo - Dunwoody (N of Atlanta) GA/MX alerted

Dunwoody Police say a missing 15-year-old girl last seen Thursday morning may have left the country.


"Through the course of our investigation we have discovered a female
using the name of Catherine Hoyos boarded a flight to Mexico City on
Thursday," Dunwoody Police spokesman Mike Carlson said in a statement.
Police have yet to verify Hoyos' actual whereabouts. She was dropped
off at Peachtree Middle School at 7 .m. for track practice and was
last seen walking on school grounds, in the 4600 block of North
Peachtree Road, heading toward Barclay Drive. Hoyos was wearing a red
T-shirt, black cotton shorts and white tennis shoes at the time, police say.
Anyone with information should contact Dunwoody Police Det. Andrew Thompson at 678-382-6921.

Catherine Hoyos, the Dunwoody teenager who has been missing since
Thursday morning, was found in Mexico City Friday night, Dunwoody Police
said.
In a news release on Saturday morning, police cautioned that the
information "had not been confirmed through authorities." Police said
they were not commenting until they had additional information.
Hoyos, 15, was last seen walking on the grounds of Peachtree Middle
School, where she had been dropped off at 7 a.m. for track practice.
Police said Friday night they believed she had left the country.
"Through the course of our investigation we have discovered a female
using the name of Catherine Hoyos boarded a flight to Mexico City on
Thursday," Dunwoody Police spokesman Mike Carlson said in a statement.
Hoyos's family told police she was located in Mexico City Friday
night. The family was making arrangements for her to return to Georgia,
Dunwoody police said.

Dunwoody 15-year-old Catherine Hoyos, missing since Thursday, is back at
home, though questions remain about her 2,660-mile round-trip odyssey.
"How the hell did she pull this off?" Dunwoody Police Det. Andrew
Thompson said. He hopes to get some answers Tuesday when he meets with
the girl and her parents.
Hoyos was last seen at 7 a.m. on the grounds of Peachtree Middle
School, where she had been dropped off for track practice. Later
Thursday afternoon, she boarded a Delta flight to Mexico City.
Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott said the airline allows minors 15 and older to fly unaccompanied.
"If they have a credit card, they can purchase a ticket," Elliott said.
Dunwoody police, with assistance from Atlanta police and customs
officials, discovered Hoyos' name on the passenger list to Mexico City
the night of her disappearance. Her parents took it from there.
"We pointed them in the right direction," said Thompson, noting that
police were restricted once Hoyos left the country. "It was easier for
them to find her than it would've been for us having to coordinate with
law enforcement in another country."
Fortunately, the girl's parents had friends and family in Mexico City
who were able to locate Hoyos within hours. On Sunday, she was put on a
flight home to Atlanta.
Thompson said it's unclear why she left and who she was visiting. Hoyos' parents could not be reached for comment.
"We want to get answers because this is something that isn't supposed to happen," Thompson told reporters.