Riverside police are searching for 17-year-old Abigail Marin, who vanished Saturday afternoon and hasn’t been seen since. She was last spotted on the 5900 block of Clifton Boulevard sometime between 1:55 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., wearing a pink shirt, blue jeans and pink Nike Dunks shoes. Marin left home without a cell phone or any other way to communicate, and police say she has no history of running away.
According to MyNewsLA.com, Marin is described as Hispanic, 5 feet 6 inches tall and about 150 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. Police also said she has no known history of mental health issues or medical conditions. The Riverside Police Department has asked anyone with information to call its communications center at 951-354-2007.
In a public notice posted Monday, the Riverside Police Department formally classified Marin as an “At Risk Runaway Juvenile” and assigned her case report number 260023059 — the number community members are asked to reference when submitting tips. The department’s notice repeats the same last-seen window and location already reported: the 5900 block of Clifton Boulevard between 1:55 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
No Waiting Period for Reporting a Missing Teen
Some families mistakenly believe police require a 24- to 48-hour delay before accepting a missing-person report. That is not the case. Under California Penal Code Section 14211, police and sheriff’s departments statewide are legally required to accept missing juvenile reports — including runaways — immediately and to treat them as a priority over property crimes, according to the California Department of Justice…