Mother of missing girl speaks about her daughter and the "person of interest"
By
Ray Gomez
Story Created:
Sep 24, 2009
Story Updated:
Sep 24, 2009
We are learning more on the identity of the person of interest in the case of a missing 12-year-old girl.
Police surveillance video taken from a convenience store shows 29 year old Herman Hernandez Canales.
"This was dated on September 21st, which is a day before she went missing."
Police are hoping this video will lead them to him.
Karla's mother had been renting a room to canales about two months. Another man also rents a room in the house.
Karla's mother says canales visited with them often.
According to the mom, canales had already told her he loved her daughter, but she says he is a drug addict, and according to police, is an undocumented immigrant.
"He was deported back in 2004 from the state of California. Right now we are gathering that information and moving forward."
That information has Karla’s mother worried; she says Karla would never leave with him.
The mother is still in shock and has no clue what happened to Karla, but police are convinced that they are not in Mexico.
"We don't have anything confirming us that he crossed into Mexico. We believe highly that he is still here in Laredo."
In the meantime both Karla’s mother and authorities are following every lead in hopes of Karla’s safe return.
Police are asking for the community's help. If you know the whereabouts of Herman Hernandez Canales you are asked to call police at 795-2800, or 727-TIPS.
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More waste said on Thursday, Sep 24 at 6:04 PM
Are they even legal?Mom speaks no English.Let Mexico take care of them.Laredo blowing American tax dollars.Also show the Customs and Border Patrol earning their money as he was deported once.Give Laredo back to Mexico where they want to be.
29624182concerned said on Thursday, Sep 24 at 7:29 PM
Hello....and what does Hernan Hernandez look like? How can the community help if we have no pictures of either Karla or Hernan.
29627702mom said on Thursday, Sep 24 at 10:38 PM
So, the mother KNEW he wanted her daughter and he was STILL around? And, she KNEW he is a drug addict???? WHAT kind of mother is she? JEEZ, if a grown MAN said something like that about MY daughter -- he would NOT be allowed ANYWHERE near her, and she would go NOWHERE by herself. Even if he had not (yet) touched her!
29634974Mother of Two said on Saturday, Sep 26 at 9:10 AM
This woman was a tragedy waiting to happen. She let a known illegal alien drug addict "visit" with her family. She heard this loser confess his "love" for her 12-year-old daughter and still let him live there. My goodness! She did everything but gift-wrap her daughter for this idiot.
29704479Big O said on Saturday, Sep 26 at 10:19 AM
This what happens when you let illegals live in our city without any consequences. BTW, why was the kid going to UISD when they clearly lived in LISD. Just ship the whole lot back to old mexico.
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