PARAMOUNT (CNS) – Relatives of a Paramount teen who went missing over the weekend pleaded for public help Thursday finding the girl.
Jaqualine Ramos Espinoza, 14 was last seen about 1 a.m. Saturday in her bedroom at home in the 8400 block of Fairton Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Her family realized around 8 a.m. that she was gone.
There was no sign of foul play, with all indications suggesting the girl left voluntarily, officials said. Authorities said a Ring camera at a neighbor’s home captured footage of the girl walking in the area around 3:30 a.m.. She was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and black-and-white pajama pants and black-and-white Converse shoes.
Sheriff’s officials said the girl has no prior history of running away, and combined with her age, they consider her to be an at-risk missing person.
Her parents pleaded for help finding her.
“This is not your fault, sweetheart, please come home,” the girl’s mother, Elsa Espinoza said at a news conference outside the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station. “Please come home to momma. We are waiting for you. Your cat is waiting for you. … If anyone has my Jaqui against her will, please release her. Return our baby.”
Espinoza is described as a 5-foot, 3-inch tall Latino girl weighing 80 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes with braces.
“I’m just as surprised as everybody else because it’s something that I never in a million years would think would happen, but it did happen and I just need to get her home,” Gabriel Espinoza said. “… All I care about is getting her back.”
The sheriff’s Lakewood station urged anyone with any information regarding the teen’s whereabouts to call them at 562-623-3500. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477) or use a smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org