FOUND SAFE: Broward Sheriff’s Office Locates Missing 13-Year-Old Girl

by News Desk | Jul 1, 2022 · 6:54 pm | Fort Lauderdale News

MISSING TEEN Broward Sheriff's Deputies Search For 13-Year-Old Girl - Jennifer Fuentes-Garcia

Last Updated: Mar 28, 2026 · 4:49 pm

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FOUND SAFE: Broward Sheriff’s Office Locates Missing 13-Year-Old Girl

Missing Teen Broward Sheriff'S Deputies Search For 13-Year-Old Girl - Jennifer Fuentes-Garcia

Missing Teen Broward Sheriff’S Deputies Search For 13-Year-Old Girl – Jennifer Fuentes-Garcia

UPDATE

Broward Sheriff’s Office tells Boca Post that 13-year-old Jennifer Fuentes-Garcia has been located safely by the BSO Missing Persons Unit.

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13-year-old Jennifer Fuentes-Garcia has been located “safe and unharmed” and is being reunited with her family, a BSO spokesperson says.

Originally reported by Boca Post

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (Boca Post) — Broward Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in locating 13-year-old Jennifer Fuentes-Garcia who was last seen June 29th, 2022.

The following missing person alert was issued by Broward Sheriff’s Office on Friday:

The Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help to locate a missing 13-year-old girl. 
According to detectives, Jennifer Fuentes-Garcia was last seen Wednesday, June 29, at around 11:30 p.m. in the area of the 1700 block of Southwest 44th Avenue in unincorporated Central Broward near Fort Lauderdale
Fuentes-Garcia is about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs around 135 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a blue “Champion” shirt and blue jean shorts. 
Anyone with information on Fuentes-Garcia’s whereabouts should contact BSO Detective Leonard Charla at 954-321-4274 or the BSO non-emergency number 954-764-HELP(4357).

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