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Missing Phenix City 11-year-old girl found safe, police say

By Kelby Hutchison
Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor, center, Phenix City Police Chief Ray Smith, far right, and Mark Sabol, an assistant special agent in charge with the FBI’s field office in Mobile, Alabama, second from left, answer questions at a press conference Friday afternoon related to the disappearance of eleven-year-old Juana Elivia Tadeo Gomez. 11/04/2022
Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor, center, Phenix City Police Chief Ray Smith, far right, and Mark Sabol, an assistant special agent in charge with the FBI’s field office in Mobile, Alabama, second from left, answer questions at a press conference Friday afternoon related to the disappearance of eleven-year-old Juana Elivia Tadeo Gomez. 11/04/2022 Mike Haskey mhaskey@ledger-enquirer.com

An 11-year-old girl who was reported missing on Wednesday has been found safe, the Russell County Sheriff’s office said on Friday.

Juana Elivia Tadeo Gomez is now with FBI agents, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities did not say where or how she was found.

Gomez was last been seen at Suntrace Apartments on Martin Luther King Jr Parkway on Wednesday, said Phenix City Police Chief Ray Smith during a press conference Friday.

The FBI mobile office extended its thanks to the Phenix City Police Department, Russell County Sheriff’s Office and all other assisting agencies in a Twitter post Friday evening.

This story is developing and will be updated with new information as it becomes available.

This story was originally published November 4, 2022 at 6:59 PM.

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