A week after the disappearance of a 3-year-old girl in a playground at an apartment complex in Texas, the San Antonio community is offering a reward of $ 150,000 for clues leading to her whereabouts.
Lina Sardar Khil was playing in the yard when her mother went away for a moment to fetch water.
When he returned, his daughter had disappeared.
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The San Antonio Islamic Center and Crime Stoppers have teamed up to offer a reward for information, after raising $ 100,000 through multiple donations.
The girl was last seen on December 20, between five and six in the afternoon, when she
was playing with other children.
His family reported him missing around 7:15 in the afternoon and that same day an
amber
police alert was issued
.
Lina Sardar Khil. San Antonio Police Department.
The girl's parents, Afghan refugees who immigrated to the United States in 2019, have never been so sad, they told KENS 5 local network.
"It has affected us a lot," they
assured.
Police say they have spared no resources to find it: helicopters have flown over the area, agents searched the trunks of cars leaving the apartment complex, and the FBI has participated in search operations.
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The authorities have assured that, for the moment, there are no suspects, but indicated that the resources that would be used in an investigation of kidnapping are being used.
“We are treating this case as a disappearance.
The more time passes, the less hope we have, "said San Antonio Police Chief William McManus a few days ago.
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"We will continue this search until we are completely cold," added McManus, "
we are not going to stop."
The police chief explained that the search will expand beyond the areas where authorities searched in the early hours, and an FBI spokesperson said they are using digital billboards throughout central Texas to help locate her.
The girl's parents have been able to cooperate with the authorities thanks to the fact that they have an interpreter, since the mother speaks an Arabic dialect rare in the United States.
Lina is four feet tall, weighs about 55 pounds,
has brown eyes, shoulder-length brown hair, and a fair complexion.
The last time she was seen, she was wearing a black jacket, a red dress, black shoes and a ponytail.
Last year, nearly 90,000 people were reported missing in the United States, about a third of them minors, according to FBI data.
With information from
USA Today
,
NBC News
,
The Washington Post
and
KENS 5.