MORGAN HERNANDEZ - 14 yo - Houston TX

Morgan Hernandez (Laura Recovery Center)

Police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who was last seen at Discovery Green New Year’s eve night.
Morgan Hernandez was last seen with her grandmother and two younger
brothers for the New Year’s Eve celebration at the downtown Houston park
around 9 p.m., family members said.
The teen’s grandmother walked about 30 feet away to purchase tickets at
the ice skating rink with her grandsons and looked back to find that
Morgan was gone, family members said.
Her father, Ruben Hernandez, 33, said his daughter left her purse with
the little money she had in her grandmother’s car and had no cell phone.
He and his wife do not believe the girl left the park on her own
accord.
She is described as about 5 feet 6 inches tall, 130 pounds with dark
hair, brown eyes. She has a scar under her chin and another wide scar
between her elbow and forearm. Morgan was last seen wearing an orange
tank top, brown boots, blue jeans and glasses. She was also wearing a
silver Hello Kitty necklace with crystals.
“We love her and we miss her,” Ruben Hernandez said. “We just want her back as quick as possible.”
Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact the Houston Police Department Missing Person’s unit at 713-731-5223.
http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/01/police-search-for-teen-missing-since-new-years-eve/

Police: Girl missing from Discovery Green seen recently

ABaytownfamily hasn’t seen their 14-year-old daughter since New Year’s Eve, but police said she has been spotted recently.

Morgan Hernandez went to Discovery Green in Downtown Houston with her grandmother and two younger brothers on Dec 31.

Morgan stood and watched a concert near the stage while the others
went to buy tickets for the ice skating rink. They were only a few feet
away.

“Then all of a sudden, she said I turned around to pay for the
tickets and when I turned back around she was gone,” said Hernandez,
whose mother was with Morgan that night.The grandmother frantically
searched the area, and she eventually called the police when she thought
she spotted the teen.
“She thought she saw her and says there was a guy putting her in a
silver car,” said Hernandez. “I don’t know where she’s at. I don’t even
know if she’s inHoustonanymore.”

The Houston Police Department said it is treating this is as a
missing person’s case and told KPRC Local 2 it wants nothing more than
to locate her. Investigators said she was spotted at a business
inHoustonin the past few days, but they declined to elaborate.

LauraRecoveryCenteris also involved in the search for the teen.
On New Year’s Eve, Hernandez was wearing an orange tank top, blue
jeans and brown boots. She had on Hello Kitty jewelry and has a scar
under her chin. Her parents said Morgan left her purse in the car that
night, so she doesn’t have any money on her. She did have her cellphone,
but they say the cellphone provider told them it hasn’t been used since
that night.

Anyone with information regarding Morgan’s whereabouts is asked to
call the Houston Police Department at 713-731-5223 or Laura Recovery
Center 281-482-5723.

A 14-year-old girl reported missing during a New Year's Eve family
outing at Discovery Green has been found safe at the Galleria,
officials said.
Morgan Hernandez was found skating at the Galleria on Sunday, according to the Houston Police Department.
She has been returned to her family. Officials did not release details
about where she had been, but police said she left willingly when
she disappeared.
Hernandez and her family members had been on a holiday outing at Discovery Green when she went missing.
Her
grandmother looked over her shoulder to see Hernandez, a seventh-grader
at Gentry Junior High School in Baytown, enjoying the band. When she
turned around again just a few minutes later, the teen was gone.
Her grandmother, Kelly Doucette,
told police she tried to contact the teen on a cellphone, but could not
reach her. When she was driving around looking for her granddaughter,
Doucette spotted her around 1 a.m. at a parking lot on Crawford near the
park with at least one man she had never seen before.
The girl's
parents, Ruben and Nile Hernandez, posted fliers around town and created
a Facebook page asking anyone who had information about their daughter
to contact them.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Missing-teen-found-safe-at-Galleria-2840148.php