Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch on Wednesday explained there is now an extensive investigation into the disappearance two weeks ago of 12-year-old Maria Gomez-Perez, expanded to include state and federal agents.
She is classified as “endangered,”
The girl was reported missing from her home in Hall County on May 30. The sheriff’s office says they’ve since conducted several ground searches with K-9 units and even searched parts of Lake Lanier. They have interviewed everyone who lives in Maria’s home, people from school, friends in real life and and insocial media.
They’ve worked with the Consulate General of Guatemala in Atlanta to help through any language barriers.
“Just on the investigator front the FBI provided a dozen personnel, Homeland Security has contributed six agents and the GBI has given us four agents bringing the total number of investigators on this case to 70 people including several Intelligence analysts,” Couch said. “There has been quite a bit of community organizing in this case.”
The sheriff’s office announced Friday that anonymous citizens are offering $20,000 as a reward.
“We hope this reward money prompts someone who knows something about Maria’s whereabouts to come forward,” said Couch. “Our investigators and investigative partners are following every lead they get, but so far, none of those leads have led us to Maria.”
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