MAYRA TORRES - 16 yo - Milton DE

MILTON -- Milton police are searching for a female teen who was
reported missing after the Cape Henlopen homecoming dance held Saturday.

Mayra Torres, 16, of Milton returned home in the early morning hours Sunday after the dance but then left, according to police.
Torres is a Hispanic female, about 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call 302-684-8547 or Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.
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New details are emerging today surrounding a missing 16-year-old Milton girl.
Milton Police say Mayra Torres attended the Cape
Henlopen High School Homecoming Dance on Saturday and returned home
early Sunday morning; but she hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
Torres’ mother, spoke with WGMD’s Dan Gaffney
today. She told him that her daughter went to the dance with friends;
she did not have a date but she did meet up with her new boyfriend Hugo
Ortiz after the dance at a party in Rehoboth.

Torres’ mother told Dan that her daughter’s brother
initially brought his sister home from the dance and then dropped her
off at the party.

Ortiz is from Lincoln and attends a school in the Milford School District; he is NOT missing.

Anyone with information about Torres’ whereabouts is asked to call Milton PD at 684.8547.

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BREAKING & UPDATED: Missing Cape H.S. student found
Oct 18, 2011 posted by: Andrew Koch-WGMD News
UPDATED 1:50 p.m. 10.19.11 by Andrew Koch: A man from Lewes has been arrested after the missing Cape Henlopen High School Student was found in a house on Route 1 in Lewes.

Milton and Delaware State Police received a tip that Mayra Torres may have been in the house. After police surrounded the house, 20-year-old Walter Cervantes and the other occupants denied any knowledge of Torres’ whereabouts. A search of the house found Torres hiding under a blanket in the attic. She’s been charged with resisting arrest, and is now in the custody of her mother.

Cervantes is free on $6,000 bond, as is facing 4 misdemeanor charges, including endangering the welfare of a child or harboring a runaway.

Milton Police may make more arrests of people who didn’t cooperate with them in the search for Torres.

UPDATED 7:15 p.m. 10.19.11 by Andrew Koch: The Milton Police Department has found Mayra Torres. She’d been missing since going to a party following Cape High’s Homecoming Dance last weekend. The Milton Police will be releasing more information later tonight.
UPDATED STORY by Kelli Steele: New details are emerging today surrounding a missing 16-year-old Milton girl.

Milton Police say Mayra Torres attended the Cape Henlopen High School Homecoming Dance on Saturday and returned home early Sunday morning; but she hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
Torres’ mother, spoke with WGMD’s Dan Gaffney today. She told him that her daughter went to the dance with friends; she did not have a date but she did meet up with a friend named ”Hugo” after the dance at a party in Rehoboth.
Torres’ mother told Dan that her daughter’s brother initially brought his sister home from the dance and then dropped her off at the party.

“Hugo” is from Lincoln and attends a school in the Milford School District; he is apparently NOT missing.

Anyone with information about Torres’ whereabouts is asked to call Milton PD at 684.8547.

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http://www.wboc.com/story/15740802/man-arrested-after-missing-milton-girl-located
Man Arrested After Milton Runaway Located

Posted:Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:26 PM EST
By Kye Parsons


MILTON, Del.- Police have arrested a 20-year-old man accused of harboring a Milton teenager who ran away from home.

Walter Cervantes,
20, of Lewes, is charged with interference with custody, endangering
the welfare of a child/harbor a runaway and hindering prosecution.

Milton police said that since last Sunday officers had been looking for 16-year-old Myra Torres of Milton, who had been reported as missing.

On Wednesday, Oct. 19, authorities received
information that Myra was possibly at a home on Coastal Highway in
Lewes. Milton police and Delaware State Police went to the home and
surrounded it.

Officers said that when they came
into contact with Cervantes and other people at the house, they all
denied knowing of Torres' whereabouts.

The officers received consent to search the
house and found Torres under a blanket inside a hidden room in the
attic, according to police.

Cervantes was taken into custody on the aforementioned charges and released on $6,000 unsecured bond.

Torres was charged with resisting arrest and turned over to the custody of her mother.

Investigators said other people who failed to cooperate with police in this investigation may also face charges.

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