15 Year Old Chawntel Smith & 4 Week Old Daughter Asariela Garcia-Smith Missing Since Friday, May 1, 2009 … Thought to ne in Mexico
15 year old Chawntel Smith of Bartow, FL and her 4 week old daughter Asariela Garcia-Smith were reported missing by her mother at around 8:40 p.m. on Friday. Chawntel Smith and her daughter Asariela Garcia-Smith were last seen at a friend’s home in Haines City, FL on Friday afternoon.
Chawntel Smith Description:
- brown eyes
- brown hair with lighter ends that is longer than her shoulders
- 5-foot-4
- weighs about 140 pounds
- was last seen wearing a long, red skirt and red shirt
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Asariela Garcia-Smith her four week old daughter flew to Mexico City, Mexico on Friday, May 1 on a 5:00 p.m on an Aero Mexico flight out of Orlando International Airport
Detectives have confirmed with U.S. federal agencies that 15-year-old Chawntel B. Smith and her four week old daughter, Asariela Garcia-Smith, flew to Mexico City, Mexico yesterday, Friday, May 1 on a 5:00 p.m. They flew an Aero Mexico flight out of Orlando International Airport. She was traveling using her own passport and officials confirm she had an infant traveling with her. It is unclear why she traveled to Mexico.
Polk Detectives are working with Mexican authorities in an attempt to locate Chawntel and her daughter, who are still missing. Detectives are still investigating the circumstances leading up to her leaving the country, including who, if anyone, helped her with travel arrangements.Chawntel and Asariela were reported missing by her mother at around 8:40 p.m. on Friday. Detectives say Chawntel took her daughter to a friend’s home in Haines City, but later left that home, located at 1424 Wood Avenue, with an unknown woman who friends say had picked her up before. The woman was driving a red SUV, officials said.
No one has heard from her since Chawntel spoke to another resident at that Haines City home just after 4 pm.
Both live at 3466 3rd Ave Bartow, FL with Chawntel’s mother, Lorraine Ketchum.
Detectives are working the Mexican officials to find the girl and her baby.
Chawntel had talked about visiting Guatemala to visit a man who she says is the father of her baby, Chawntel’s mother said.
Anyone with information should call the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at (863) 534-6200 or 1-800-226-0344.