Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Missing Manchester Girl Found

Police: Zoey Rose Guerrero Pena, 2, went missing from a Manchester home sometime between 9:30 p.m. last night and 3:30 a.m. this morning.

UPDATE, 2:04 p.m. on Feb. 3, 2017: Police release more details about the missing girl case. The statement is below.

On Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Manchester Police responded to West Mitchell Street to investigate the report of a missing toddler. On arrival, police met with adult residents inside who reported that a 2-year-old child was missing from the home. The initial investigation indicated the child wandered off from the home.
Police initiated an extensive search of the residence, as well as the surrounding neighborhood. Additional resources from New Hampshire State Police, Manchester Fire Department, New Hampshire Fish and Game and Nashua Police assisted in the search.
Zoey Rose Guerrero Pena was located at a nearby residence around 9:15 a.m. this morning. The female resident of Brown Avenue woke up and noticed Zoey inside of her apartment, so she immediately contacted the officers who were outside of her apartment conducting a door to door search. It appears Zoey may have wandered out of her residence and entered the Brown Avenue apartment, which is in close proximity to the West Mitchell Street home. Zoey was taken to a nearby hospital as a precautionary measure.
The investigation is ongoing, so there will be no additional information available today.

UPDATE, 9:26 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2017: Zoey has been found, according to police, and is being check out at a local hospital.

"This is a fluid investigation so no additional details are available at this time," Lt. Brian O'Keefe of the Manchester Police Department offered.

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The original post is below.

MANCHESTER, NH — Police in Manchester are actively searching for a missing 2-year-old who was last seen in her crib at 9:30 p.m. last night on West Mitchell Street in the Queen City. Zoey Rose Guerrero Pena was last seen wearing a pink one-piece sleepsuit.

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Pena was reported missing this morning at around 3:30 a.m. after police were called to the home to investigate a missing child, according to Capt. Maureen Tessier of the Manchester Police Department.

“Preliminary information indicates the child wandered off from the home unbeknownst to the adult residents inside,” Tessier noted. “Police have initiated an extensive search of the residence, as well as the surrounding neighborhood and remain actively engaged in that search at this time.”


Additional resources are now being utilized in this search, she noted, but police are requesting that residents refrain from entering the search area at this time.

According to the Manchester Information Facebook site, several K-9 units were searching the area on the ground while the New Hampshire State Police air wing was using its thermal imaging camera while searching from the air.

Manchester Police are asking anyone with information about this missing child to immediately contact that Manchester Police Department at 603-668-8711.

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