A video broadcast through TikTok could be key to finding the whereabouts of Sofa Jurez, a girl who has not been known about for over 18 years. According to the police, the little was kidnapped near your house the night of February 4, 2003 in Kennewick, in the US state of Washington. One day later, he turns 5. Thus, today, if she is still alive, she is 23 years old and is no longer a girl but a woman.
Well, several TikTok users have contacted Kennewick police after watching a video in which a woman is observed who, segn sealan, coincides with the approximate age of the abducted and the appearance that apparently could have with the passing of the years. This video was recorded last March in Culiacn, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, by a user of said social network who records videos in which he asks passers-by questions of general culture.
When he asks the woman her age, she says that she is 22 years old and that she does not like having her birthday “because I am so busy.” At that moment, the interviewee insists that she does not like having a birthday and takes the opportunity to send a message to her relatives. “The truth is, I don’t like having a birthday, it shocks me to have a birthday, in fact … I want to send a greeting to my father and my nanny … If you are watching this program I want you to come for me because I am kidnapped “, assures the young woman to the surprise of the interviewer, who states that he does not see that she is kidnapped. “Well, they say that I am kidnapped, others say that I am in Italy, others that I am in Japan … I beg you to come for me, because the truth is I do not know where I am from, if I am from here or I am from there, I am in Culiacn Sinaloa “, insists what some TikTok users consider to be Sofa Jurez.
Kennewick Police has posted a statement on a website created to gather new leads on the investigation in which he acknowledges that He is aware of the TikTok video and that he is investigating it. “We are aware of the TikTok video. It is being investigated about it. Thanks to those who sent us information about that video. It is appreciated,” said the statement. The website includes photographs of the age progression of Sofa Jurez and how she could be today. Kennewick police special investigator Al Wehner has stated that the investigators of the case have contacted the TikTok user who interviewed the young woman and that he has helped them try to locate the woman in Culiacn. He has also indicated that at this time he cannot reveal the name of the young man.
According to Al Wehner, the Kennewick police special investigator, some people who claim to be relatives of Sofa Jurez have contacted the interviewer and have denied that the woman in the video is the girl who disappeared 18 years ago, so they have asked him to stop publishing the video of the interview. However, He himself has said that the calls seem suspicious because When Kennewick researchers have tried to reach people who have asked for the video not to be broadcast further, they have failed to reach them.
Al Wehenr has also highlighted that there are very obvious similarities between the woman in the TikTok video and the minor who disappeared in 2003. He has also stressed that, ultimately, the investigators hope to request a DNA test from the woman to compare it with the DNA that is had of Sofa Jurez in the police file. Although the little girl’s mother died in 2009, the researchers maintain close contact with the rest of the family.
On the website that was created so as not to forget the case, it is read that Sofa Jurez’s brilliant and innocent life was stolen and that it will never be forgotten: “Sofa was a beacon of sunshine who was robbed of a bright and innocent life. Her family, friends, and community have lived under a dark cloud since she was taken from us. Sofa was, and continues to be, loved by all who love her. they knew. Sophia will never be forgotten. “
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