ESTELLA HERNANDEZ - 14 yo - St Augustine FL

A missing and endangered child alert has been issued for Estella Hernandez.


Hernandez is 14, 4-feet-10-inches tall, 100 pounds and Hispanic. She was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, black pants with stripes, camouflage jacket and white boots.
She was last seen in the 6000 block of Florida Street in Grand Ridge.


She may be in the company of David Cruz, 29, a 5-foot-3-inch tall Hispanic/white male.
They may be traveling in a black 1991 Nissan Sentra, 4 door, FL tag number 334JCC.

Well, imagine that. Another 14 year old disappears with a guy twice her age.
Hmmm. Seems to me this is becoming a pattern.
Parents: It is imperative that you monitor your kids' internet activity!

A statewide alert issued today for a missing 14-year-old girl from Jackson County in northern Florida has been called off, officials said about 8 p.m. Tuesday.Estella Acosta Hernandez, of Grand Ridge, was reported missing earlier Tuesday. Authorities said she may have been in the company of 29-year-old David Cruz.The alert was later called off. State officials did not provide further details, but said the case "has been resolved."

They are saying "resolved"...but how?

ACKSON, COUNTY, Fla. -- The missing girl from Jackson County has been recovered and is safe, said Lt. Tony Potter of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office.Estella Acosta Hernandez, 14, was found with 29-year-old David Cruz on a Greyhound bus. Cruz, described by JCSO as her mother's boyfriend, was arrested on scene.The Jackson County Sheriff's Office was contacted by the Refugio County Sheriff's Office saying Cruz was in custody and Estella was safe. Refugio County is located in southern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico and just north of Corpus Christi.http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/news-article.aspx?storyid=180756

I agree Tom, there have been quite a few cases of children going off with a man twice their age lately. It seems that they either met them though the internet or their mother's brought them into their lives!!!!!!!!

A 14-year-old girl reported missing from her Jackson County home on Monday was found Tuesday in Texas.According to a release from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, the Refugio County Sheriff’s Office in Texas advised today that they had a man in custody who was believed to have left the area with teen Estella Acosta Hernandez. They added that "Hernandez was fine," the release said.Hernandez's mother, Maria Acosta, had contacted school personnel and the school resource officer inquiring about her daughter’s whereabouts. According to Acosta, her daughter left home on the school bus Monday heading to school, and her boyfriend, David Escamilla Cruz, left home at the same time Monday morning heading to work.Neither Cruz nor Hernandez returned home Monday evening. Acosta did not report her child missing until Tuesday morning.School personnel had observed Cruz near the school bus drop off area Monday morning, the release said. Cruz then went into the school office to attempt to check Hernandez out of school. Nothing suspicious was suspected at that time, as Cruz was on the authorized list of persons allowed to pick up the child, the release said.Information was obtained during the investigation that Cruz was possibly headed to Mexico. A warrant was obtained for Cruz for interference with custody (a third degree felony), the release said, and a state and national BOLO was sent out.About 3:30 p.m. the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the Refugio County Sheriff’s Office in Texas advising that they had Cruz in custody and Hernandez was fine.