NewsHillsborough County

Actions

Missing 14-year-old was taken by suspect to motel in Stuart, Florida: TPD

Police lights
Posted

STUART, Fla. — A 14-year-old girl who went missing from Tampa was taken "without consent" to a motel in Stuart, Florida, police said Friday.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Missing Child Alert for Dierya Clavier when she disappeared from the 4200 block of East Okara Road.

The initial alert said that the child may have been with Edna Francois, but it was later canceled when Clavier was located.

After the cancellation, the Tampa Police Department released a statement that said Clavier was taken by a suspect "without parental rights or consent." Detectives found the suspect at the motel in Stuart, and Clavier was safely recovered.

Police said the suspect was taken into custody, but they did not clarify whether Francois, who was originally listed in the Missing Child Alert, was the suspect.


"These should be freak accidents, not a natural disaster"

Dozens of Florida State University students and community allies marched through the streets of Tallahassee on Wednesday, demanding urgent action from state lawmakers on gun reform after a deadly campus shooting that left two dead and at least six others wounded.

FSU students march on Capitol, demand gun reform after deadly shooting