EPPD, partners launch campaign for missing teen girl

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Police Department (EPPD), along with other organizations, launched a new digital billboard campaign on Friday morning, May 24 to help the case of a 15-year-old girl who went missing in April.

<em>Photo: Clear Channel Outdoor</em>
Photo: Clear Channel Outdoor

Elsa Natalia Baez, 15, went missing on April 28 and was last seen wearing a gray shirt with multicolored stripes, black pants, and a white shirt with white shoes.

Last year, the Texas Department of Public Safety Missing Persons Clearinghouse received 48,008 missing person reports in 2021, and 35 of those were juveniles. Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) is providing the month-long public service campaign in recognition of National Missing Children’s Day.

The Texas Center for the Missing (TCM), the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and CCOA all partnered with EPPD to launch the digital campaign for Baez.

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