Three days of worry and agonizing about the safety of their
children came to an end Wednesday when the Hollister Police
Department found two missing teens.
It was an evening of big hugs and tears of joy as police
reunited two Marguerite Maze Middle School students who have been
missing since Monday morning.
Three days of worry and agonizing about the safety of their children came to an end Wednesday when the Hollister Police Department found two missing teens.
It was an evening of big hugs and tears of joy as police reunited two Marguerite Maze Middle School students who have been missing since Monday morning.
Detectives found Jessica Moore, 13, of Hollister and Felicia Warren, 14, of Paicines safe and sound in Gilroy at about 8 p.m. Wednesday, Hollister Police Capt. Bob Brooks said.
He said the department had been exhausting all available efforts to find Jessica and Felicia, but he singled out the efforts of one officer.
“It was good work by Detective Tony Lamonica,” Brooks said.
Lamonica, who has been working on the case since it was first reported to the police department, spent a good portion of the evening debriefing the youths about where they had been and what happened police said.
Brooks said more details on the girl’s recovery will be available later today.
The girls’ parents, who were grateful to have their children back safe and sound, thanked the police and the entire community for their help and compassion.
“The police department found our girls and I’d like to thank everyone who has helped in the effort,” said Tammy Bisceglia, Felicia’s mother.
Lamonica applauded the quick action by the girls’ parents in reporting their suspicions as soon as they did.
“Some people say you have to wait 72 hours to report your kids missing. But it was unusual for these kids, they haven’t had any problems in school,” Lamonica said. “You have to treat every case as it comes. We were not coming up with any good leads, so everybody was concerned about it.”
“Any time we get a missing juvenile we usually have something to follow up on – prior history, but these girls have no prior history,” he said.
