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New Orleans police believe a teenage girl may be a victim of human trafficking after she vanished from a group trip to a downtown museum.
Kristhal Chinchilla-Canizales, 14, was in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) on May 22 when they took a group trip to a museum in New Orleans’ Central Business District, New Orleans police told Fox News Digital.
Chinchilla-Canizales “left the group” at some point and has not been seen since, police said.
Investigators are concerned that the 14-year-old girl may be a trafficking victim, but police could not say what exactly led authorities to make this determination.
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Kristhal Chinchilla-Canizales, 14, was in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) on May 22 when they took a group trip to a museum in New Orleans’ Central Business District, (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
Little information is available at this time due to Chinchilla-Canizales’ age.
She was last seen wearing a black Harley-Davidson pullover and a blue yoga-style jumpsuit. She is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 135 lbs, police said.
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Kristhal Chinchilla-Canizales was last seen wearing a black Harley-Davidson pullover and a blue yoga-style jumpsuit. She is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 135 lbs, police said. (NOPD)
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Authorities are asking anyone with information about Kristhal Chinchilla-Canizales to call the NOPD Special Investigations Division at 504-658-5267. (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
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Authorities are asking anyone with information about Chinchilla-Canizales to call the NOPD Special Investigations Division at 504-658-5267.
DCFS did not immediately respond to an inquiry from Fox News Digital.