The family of Dulce María Alavez, a Latin girl who disappeared a year and a half ago in New Jersey and whose whereabouts is still unknown, celebrates
another birthday of the girl without her on
Sunday
.
Even so, her relatives do not lose hope of hugging her again, according to local media.
"I miss her a lot, all I want is to see her again, hug her," Norma Pérez, the little girl's grandmother, told NBC Philadelphia, a local affiliate of our sister network NBC News.
[The FBI believes that the girl Dulce María "is still alive." And she suspects why she was kidnapped]
This Sunday is
Dulce María's seventh birthday
.
An image of Dulce María Alavez.
Telemundo News
On the occasion, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children began developing an image to represent what the girl would look like now, according to local newspaper NJ.com.
Dulce María's family said they planned to celebrate with a cake and candles.
["Someone took her": they reveal the call to 911 of the mother of the missing girl Dulce María Alavez]
"I will not lose faith and I hope to hear something from my granddaughter saying that she is fine, that she will come with us," said her grandmother.
The little girl disappeared in September 2019
.
The mother, Noema Alavez Pérez, 19, took the girl to Bridgeton City Park in New Jersey on September 16 with her 3-year-old brother Manuel.
Reward increases to $ 25 thousand for missing girl information
Sept.
20, 201900: 24
He let her walk with her brother to a playground, ice cream in hand, while she stayed in the car with her own sister to help her do her homework.
About 10 minutes later, according to the mother's account, her son was found crying, with ice cream on the ground, and no sign of the girl.
After a year and a half of fruitless search.
authorities continue to work on the case.
They believe Dulce María may still be alive
, Bridgeton Police Chief Michael Gaimari told NJ.com.
[The mystery of Dulce María grows: the girl is still missing, they are all suspects and there is only one video]
Last summer, the FBI explained that investigators fear she was likely abducted by someone seeking to kidnap a girl and seized the opportunity.
According to our local affiliate Telemundo 62, Dulce María's birthday was scheduled to be celebrated in conjunction with that of the aunt who was present at Bridgeton City Park when she was last seen.
With information from NJ.Com, NBC Philadelphia, Pix 11, Telemundo 62.
