The Hollister Police Department is asking for the public’s help
in finding two Marguerite Maze Middle School students who have not
been seen since Monday morning.
Detectives are looking for Jessica Moore, 13, of Hollister and
Felicia Warren, 14, of Paicines.
The Hollister Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding two Marguerite Maze Middle School students who have not been seen since Monday morning.
Detectives are looking for Jessica Moore, 13, of Hollister and Felicia Warren, 14, of Paicines.
The two teens were last seen by their mothers at approximately 7:30 a.m. Monday after they were dropped off for school, police said.
Investigators said it is unclear if the girls are runaways or if there was any foul play involved with their disappearance.
“The parents for both girls said it would be out of character for either Jessica or Felicia to just take off; they have never run away before,” Detective Tony Lamonica said.
Police said there is no history of alcohol or drug use from either teen.
However, a part of what has made this missing persons case so difficult for police is that Jessica and Felicia were seen and heard from several times Monday, but they have not been heard from since.
While searching an area around the middle school, investigators talked to a resident on Meridian Street who remembered talking to the teens when they asked her if they could use her restroom. Jessica and Felicia then asked the unidentified resident for a ride to Jack-in-the-Box, which she gave them.
Investigators said the girls were later seen near a skate park in Gilroy at approximately 2:30 p.m. by a young man who knows them. They were reportedly using a cell phone. The young man gave them money for bus fare to get back home to Hollister.
Jessica and Felicia called their parents at about 10:22 p.m. Monday and said they were at a friend’s home in Watsonville but did not give their parents the name of the friend.
The teens have not been heard from since then and police have talked to all of their known friends, but none of the friends have heard from them either.
Jessica is 5 feet, 3 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes. Felicia is 5 feet, 2 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information on the girls’ whereabouts is asked to call the Hollister Police Department at 636-4330.
