The Signal Tribune reached out to NCMEC, the Department of Justice, the Los Angeles Police Department and the LA County Sheriff’s Office with no response.
At least three teens are not only missing from their homes, but from the State’s missing person database as well.
Da’kera Jones, Mykala Lindsey and Tessa Linh Mam have been missing for months and are all believed to have traveled separately from other cities in Los Angeles County to the Long Beach area.
All missing people cases from across the state are required to be reported to the State’s Missing Person System, and listed on the Department of Justice’s public online database. As of June 6, none of these three girls have ever appeared on it.
The Signal Tribune contacted the Department of Justice on June 5 to ask how and why this happened, and has not heard back at the time of publication.
The Signal Tribune was alerted to Jones’ and Lindsey’s missing persons cases by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The Signal Tribune reached out to NCMEC on May 29 and June 5 to ask why they are missing from the State database and has not heard back by the time of publication.
Mam’s missing persons case was shared by the LA County Sheriff’s Department’s Cerritos Station on Facebook on March 14. The Signal Tribune reached out to the Cerritos Sheriff’s station on March 20 and June 5, and left messages for Detective Ryan Clinkingbeard, who is listed as the contact on the missing person flier the station posted, and has not heard back.
During a phone call with the LAPD’s media office, a spokesperson said they were unable to find any information about Jones or Lindsey after being told their names and the date they were last seen. The spokesperson said they needed to research these cases before responding to the Signal Tribune.
The Signal Tribune has reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the LA County Sheriff’s Department, NCMEC, and the California Department of Justice for information. As of Thursday, no one the Signal Tribune reached out to has even been able to share whether the girls are still missing.
Thank you for posting this. The community should be incensed that these young girls are missing and nothing is being done about it. I will try to post this info to Facebook.