Police turn to Internet, TV in search for 7-year-old
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1999 | 11:44 a.m.
Metro Police are turning to national television and the Internet in their effort to find 7-year-old Karla Rodriguez, who has been missing since last Wednesday.
The syndicated television show "America's Most Wanted" has been asked to feature Karla on its show Friday or Saturday, Metro Detective Gary Sayre said.
Police are gathering information to get her photo published on the Polly Klaas Foundation website, which offers assistance in the recovery of missing children. The foundation was named after a Petaluma, Calif., child who was kidnapped from her bedroom on Oct. 1, 1993.
The foundation offered on Saturday to put information about Karla on the website, said Barbara Broom, a case worker for the foundation, but it is waiting for needed permission from Karla's parents. It is not unusual for the family of a missing child to not immediately respond to an offer of help from the foundation, she added.
Police were still interviewing Karla's family members today as the search for the missing girl entered its seventh day.
Karla was reported last seen playing with friends about 7 p.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of Bonita Avenue, northeast of the intersection of Sixth Street and St. Louis Avenue, police said. She was wearing a black jacket, blue and white shirt and red pants.
Karla is 3 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 50 pounds and has shoulder length, wavy, black hair and brown eyes.
Karla's mother walked her about halfway to John S. Park Elementary School, 931 Franklin Ave., about 7 a.m. last Wednesday, police said, but school officials say the girl did not report to school that morning.
Anyone with information about Karla's whereabouts is asked to call police at 229-LOST or 229-2907.
archive
- Most Read
- Discussed
- Most E-mailed
- Google Maps glitch renames Henderson
- Fight snapshot: Pacquiao is a hit with Jimmy Kimmel, and vice versa
- Vegas is inspiring, but not buying, ideas for tourism ads
- Rebels’ win raises a few what-ifs
- Wood: Not the renewable energy some had in mind
- Pinnacle CEO resigns after meeting confrontation
- Quagga mussels a toxic threat to Lake Mead
- As earnings fall, Riviera unsure if bankruptcy can be avoided
- Trial set for parents of boy, 4, who died in hot vehicle
- Not all doctors agree with AMA support of bill
Blogs
Robin Leach's Las Vegas Celebrity Watch
Who are the Final Four on Dancing With the Stars?
Politics: Ralston's Flash
Drugs bring Nevada governor, first lady back together (1 Comment)
Elsewhere
Macau's gambling industry faces nightmare of water rationing (1 Comment)
Top Chef: Las Vegas
Top Chef Odds Week 11: And then there were six
Politics: The Early Line
Rep. Berkley livens health care debate with story of her own (1 Comment)
Now and Then
Wranglers to face familiar foe and that's putting it mildly
Robin Leach's Las Vegas Celebrity Watch
Photo Gallery: Donny Osmond’s DWTS dream is in danger
Calendar »
- 10 Tue
- 11 Wed
- 12 Thu
- 13 Fri
- 14 Sat
-
Las Vegas Wranglers vs. Utah Grizzlies
Orleans Hotel-Casino
-
Leaving Springfield at Beauty Bar
Beauty Bar | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Justin Sayne and Dignity at Moon
Moon Nightclub | 10:30 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Lily Tomlin at the Hollywood Theatre
Hollywood Theatre at MGM Grand
-
2nd Annual Go-Go Cup at Blush
Blush Boutique Nightclub | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
The Sun
Locally owned and independent for more than 50 years.
Technorati









