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Sheriff’s investigators seek girl, 16, last seen in Lancaster

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LANCASTER – The sheriff’s department is looking for a 16-year-old girl who went missing in Lancaster and hasn’t been seen for more than two weeks.

Layyana Hawkins was last seen on Dec. 9, when her mother dropped her off at a Taco Bell restaurant, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

She told her mother a friend was going to pick her up to spend the night, Deputy Armando Viera Jr. of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau said.

Layyana refused to come home the following day and is believed to have taken a train to Los Angeles, Viera said.

Layyana is black, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 200 pounds and has dark curly hair, brown eyes and pierced ears.

Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is urged to call 323-526-5170 to speak with Detective Lukehart or the sheriff’s Lancaster Station at (661) 948-8466.

 

 

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17 comments for "Sheriff’s investigators seek girl, 16, last seen in Lancaster"

  1. Its funny how even in a situation like this American people can be so cold hearted and detached from love and compassion, that they can type and think of the vile mean things being said on this comment board!!! This girl is a child and instead of her community coming together to find her or commenting words of encouragement to this child’s parents you judge and berate her.

    Shame on you all.

  3. Soo is she missing or was she. Being a typical fast ass? why did she get dropped off at taco bell in the desert and why didnt mom wait for this friend. I get so tired of seeing this, these girls talking to these older guys knowing damn well the consequences becsuse at 16 you dont know [removed]. They don’t look 16 now days either, so you mean to tell me a friend was gonna come get her. Well that says it all… The friend 16 sure it doesnt drive so was another parent coming wtf. I wouldnt be out searching. Id set in stone oh you not coming back cool you got 3 hrs to get yo sss back in this city or you can stay. Not playing games with these grown ass kids. Sometimes its not that the parent dont care the children are sneaky and feel too entitled to thing we worked and got our asses wooped behind. Her plan was together. She wanted to leave the city and head to else where and feel grown. When you play grown adult [removed] happens.. Id have Have her in the ER ALL DAY DOING A RAPE KIT. SO ANYBODY THATS BEEN ANYWHERE NEAR AND LEFT SOMETHING BEHIND WILL SOON FIND OUT ITS GAME ON SINCE SHE NOT TALKING. THEN YOU CANT COME HOME WITH ME EITHER BECAUSE I DONT HOUSE RUNAWAYS. ANTELOPE VALLEY PD. TAKE HER WITH YOU I JUST SIGNED SOMETHING. HAVE A GOOD DAY. CALL YALL WHEN I FEEL LIKE PARENTING. IM RUNNING AWAY. STOP PLAYING WITH THESE KIDS AND CRYING OUT FOR ALL THIS HELP WHEN YALL KNOW THESE KIDS FAST AS HELL AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. SET THEY ASS STRAIGHT. THIS DIDNT JUST START HAPPENING. MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE THESE SAME MEN YOU TALKING TO WILL ALSO CARELESSLY DROP YO ASS AND A BOLDER AT THE BOTTOM OF A OCEAN. SO KEEP PLAYING LIKE RIGHT FROM WRONG WAS NEVER INSTILLED.

  4. Mom should have used a belt 10 years ago on her then they most likely would not be dealing with this. Parents should be fined for lack of control of a kid and waisted police resources since both Sheriff and LAPD are involved.

    • ARE YOU PARENT? ARE YOU A PARENT OF A TEENAGER? CUZ WITH SOME TEENAGERS YOU AREN’T TELLING THEM NOTHING, THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT…HOPEFULLY THEY LIVE TO TELL ABOUT IT…

  7. Paragraphs two, three, and four raise a couple of red flags. The Taco Bell drop-off and pickup, the refusal to come home, and train trip to LA tells me there is a man involved. She is with her boyfriend in LA.

    • Too many red flags…I hope this case is in the hands of the CSEC unit and they find her soon.

  9. This is misleading ..she said she didn’t want to go back home so she took the train and left how is that missing she’s a runaway !! Sorry for the heart aches but what kind of parents don’t drop there kids off at the friends house and meet the parents as well! I ain’t perfect but I sure as hell wouldn’t drop my kid off with out meeting the parents just saying.hope the lil girl comes back and stop making the parents worries .

  13. Most likely in Mexico by now. At 16 she knows what she is doing. I know I will catch flack esp from the pinhead Tim Scott but this woman looks like the typical hood rat that you can see on the Maury show daily….

    • This is a child, not an adult. Have some respect for her and her family. I know them personally. they are good people and heartbroken over her disappearance.

      • It is important to make distinctions. This girl was not kidnapped…she CHOSE to leave. Therefore there is no crime here…just someone that doesn’t like being told what to do and took actions. The sins of the parents are always visited upon the children.