It was one year ago this week that 13-year-old Ja’Niyah McMichael went missing from her home in Gary.
As that anniversary arrives, the Gary Police Department and FBI are still working to try to find her, and to provide answers for a devastated family.
An FBI spokesperson told NBC-5 in an email that investigators strongly believe Ja’Niyah was the victim of foul play, but her family simply wants to know what happened.
“I would have thought by now we would have heard something,” said her maternal grandmother Dalia Guerrero. “She would be here with us now. Someone knows something. We just pray they come forward. We would have thought with a $30,000 reward out there someone would have said something.”
Dalia says on Aug. 12, 2024, Ja’Niyah was reported missing by her mom from their home in Gary. Dalia says she is estranged from her daughter.
A Silver Alert for a missing and endangered adult or child was issued for Ja’Niyah on Sept. 5 of last year. What led to it being issued is not clear.
Then, in October of last year, Gary police said detectives obtained a search warrant for an unspecified location in conjunction with the FBI. But they did not share details with the public or Janiah’s grandmother.
“We did fliers, and I have been on it ever since. I took a three month leave from work and I was out there 24/7,” Guerrero said. “We have been in abandoned houses, churches, schools everywhere. Her mom says she was wearing black pants, black and red hoodie. She is real thin, dark complected. She is 5’4, 110 pounds. She is African American and Mexican. She is biracial. Not knowing is the worst, cause if you know you know. We ask and pray and keep pleading for help.”
Anyone with information, can call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov.
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