Miami-Dade County

A 12-year-old girl is missing near Hialeah. Police are asking for help finding her

Anastasia Vela-Fernandez, 12, went missing Tuesday night after being last seen near the 6000 block of Northwest 30 Avenue in Miami, Miami-Dade County police said.
Anastasia Vela-Fernandez, 12, went missing Tuesday night after being last seen near the 6000 block of Northwest 30 Avenue in Miami, Miami-Dade County police said. Miami-Dade Police Department

Miami-Dade police are asking for help finding a 12-year-old girl who went missing Tuesday.

Anastasia Vela-Fernandez, 12, went was last seen at 6:05 p.m. Police say she went missing from the 6000 block of Northwest 30 Avenue in Miami.

Vela-Fernandez is 5 feet tall, weighs 105 pounds, and has brown hair and eyes. She was last seen wearing a black T-shirt and army fatigue pants.

Police say she may be in need of services.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Miami-Dade Police Department’s Special Victims Bureau and Missing Persons Squad at 305-715-3300 or Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

Devoun Cetoute
Miami Herald
Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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