Massive search continues for missing Phenix City girl; FBI now involved
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GREAT NEWS: Juana Elivia Tadeo Gomez, the missing Phenix City girl, has been located, according to the FBI. She is safe and alive. An amazing turn of events to end the week. Details limited. Stay with CNAW2NEWS.com for more.
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Original story: A massive search lead by law enforcement agents continues nearly 48 hours after an 11-year-old Phenix City girl vanished from a trailer park.
Juana Elivia Tadeo Gomez was last seen on November 2, 2022, at approximately 10:00 P.M. at Martin Luther King Parkway in Phenix City, Alabama. Gomez stands at 4’9” and weighs 110 pounds.
Thursday, November 3, 2022, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency released an Emergency Missing Child Alert in reference to the case.
Today, November 4, 2022, Federal Bureau of Investigations agents, Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Phenix City Police Department officers, and Russell County Sheriff’s Office deputies held a meeting in the parking lot of the Russell County courthouse and began a search for answers and clues in the trailer park from where she disappeared, Sun-trace Mobile Home Park. Her family, a part of Woodland Baptist Church, claims she was kidnapped, according to the church’s Facebook post.
The church used a picture for Juana Gomez which showed her TikTok username. Gomez posted several TikToks, with some being her walking down the road, showing off the trailer park in where she lived, her riding in a vehicle near the Phenix City KFC, and other videos. Her TikTok has 2,900 followers, with her last video being posted on October 26, 2022.
Sources tell CNAW2NEWS.com the investigation is ongoing and the father of the child, Jose Gomez, was arrested for hindering the investigation. FBI is involved because it’s a multi-jurisdictional investigation, according to what we’ve been told.
If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Juana Gomez, please contact the Phenix City Police Department at 334-298-0611, call 911, or call 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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