Published May 10, 2021
US police from the northwest state of Washington are currently searching for a woman who was filmed in a viral TikTok in Mexico, because it might be a big lead in a missing persons case from nearly two decades ago.
Police suspect the woman, who was interviewed by the TikToker @akayalla in Culiacán in the Mexico state of Sineloa back in March, may be missing woman
Sofia Juárez, who was abducted a day before her fifth birthday in 2003.
As per CNN, TikTok users reported the video to police when they realised she matched the approximate age and appearance of Sofia.
Une mystérieuse femme filmée sur TikTok est-elle la petite Sofia, disparue depuis 2003 ?
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Who is Sofia Juarez? Here s What We Know About Missing Girl in TikTok Probe
On 5/8/21 at 11:20 AM EDT
A TikTok video could hold the key to an unsolved abduction from nearly two decades ago, police in Washington state have said.
Sofia Lucerno Juarez has not been seen or heard from since she went missing in 2003 at the age of four in Kennewick in a case that shook her community.
However, a video posted on the social media platform of an interview with a woman in a town square in Mexico has provided a new lead in the case.
In the clip filmed in March in Culiacán, Sinaloa state, the woman is asked how she feels about her next birthday.
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May 6, 2021 7:57 AM KAPP-KVEW STAFF
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The woman on the left is the subject of a viral TikTok video that s being investigated in connection to the case. On the right is a picture of Sofia Juarez.
KENNEWICK, Wash. In 2003, a small girl named Sofia Juarez went missing near her home in Kennewick. She wasn’t recovered and her whereabouts are unknown, but local police never gave up on finding Sofia. Their most recent effort, a website dedicated to finding Sofia, received strong support from the community.
Since creating the website, the KPD has received over 75 tips from community members including one crucial piece of information that may be the catalyst in finding Juarez. Someone described as a “highly credible witness” allegedly observed a female matching Sofia’s description walking on the sidewalk at S. Washington St. near E. 15th Ave on the day of her disappearance in 2003.
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In the footage, the young woman claims to be 22 years old Sofia would be 23 but admits that she doesn’t know her age for certain. The woman goes on to state that she is not a fan of birthdays due to a traumatic event at an early age.
“The truth is, I don’t know where I’m from,” the woman says in Spanish.
The TikTok user who featured the woman, a creator known as “Aká y Allá” who interviews people on the street, has since stated that he is aiding detectives in Kennewick.
Al Wehner, a special investigator with Kennewick police, told the
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