Human Rights Group Calls for Intensified Search and Reclassification in Case of Missing Coral Springs Teen Skylee Merino

A human rights organization is calling on the Coral Springs Police Department to intensify its investigation into the disappearance of Skylee Merino, a 15-year-old Coral Springs girl who has been missing since April 21 and, according to them, has not made contact with her family in nine days.

The Human Rights Association, based in South Africa, is also calling on the department to treat the case as an endangered missing child investigation until the evidence establishes otherwise, and to ensure that continuous, senior-level investigative attention is applied to the case without interruption, the organization said in a written announcement Thursday.

HRA said Skylee’s case is currently classified as a “voluntary runaway,” which the family strongly disputes…

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