LA ERIEL MACK-MARISCAL: Missing from New Orleans, LA - 27 July 2019 - Age 9 months

NOPD says a 5-year-old girl has been missing for three years

Eriel Mack-Mariscal was last seen in New Orleans in 2019. Two years later, an investigator made contact with her relatives, who said they did not know where she was.

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NOPD says a 5-year-old girl has been missing for three years​

A 5-year-old girl with ties to New Orleans has been missing since at least 2021. In a bulletin this month, the NOPD said it is growing “more and more concerned” about the safety of Eriel Lynette Mack-Mariscal.

Mack-Mariscal was born in 2018. Court documents from Washoe County, Nevada, show that a woman who is not her biological mother filed for guardianship of her when she was still a newborn. The guardian took her to New Orleans soon after.

In 2019, Mack-Mariscal was taken to Children’s Hospital with a fracture in her upper left arm according to her profile on LSU’s FACES Lab, a missing persons database. The only known photo of her was taken around that time.

In 2021, the Washoe County court told the guardian she needed to file more guardianship papers. The NOPD said she did not respond to the order. The court hired a private investigator who spoke with the guardian and other family members, who claimed: “to have no knowledge of the location of the missing juvenile.” Mack-Mariscal was formally reported missing shortly after.

In May of 2024, the NOPD issued another bulletin asking for any information on Eriel’s whereabouts. It also stated that the guardian died in 2020, though that appears to contradict the 2021 bulletin. WWL Louisiana asked the NOPD whether it was the same guardian and so far the NOPD has not clarified.

If you have any information on where Eriel Lynette Mack-Mariscal is, call the NOPD’s child abuse department at 504-658-6045.

Have you seen this child? Eriel Lynette Mack-Mariscal

Missing From: New Orleans, LA. Missing Date: July 27, 2019. Eriel was last seen on July 27, 2019..

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Media: ERIEL MACK-MARISCAL: Missing from New Orleans, LA - 27 July 2019 - Age 9 months

 

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Eriel Lynette Mack-Mariscal – The Charley Project

Eriel was last seen at the Children's Hospital & Care Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 30, 2019. She has never been heard from again. She may have had contact with someone in May 2020, but authorities were unable to verify this and the person who allegedly last saw her is now deceased.

A relative of Eriel's who lived in New Orleans was granted guardianship of her by the Washoe County Family Court in Reno, Nevada in 2018. The relative was instructed to file guardianship paperwork in Louisiana, but never did, and eventually stopped responding to court officials' requests.

In November 2021, the Washoe County Family Court hired a private investigator to look into the matter and find Eriel. Her guardian, and other members of her biological family, were interviewed, but all of them said they did not know her whereabouts. She was officially reported missing on December 9 that year.

The circumstances of Eriel's disappearance are unclear. The woman who applied to be her guardian may have died in 2020. Authorities will continue to search for Eriel until they've verified her location and well-being.

 

[Kimster]

This little one could very well be alive, I think. Under what circumstances I hate to think about.

She went missing when she was about the age of my granddaughter. Breaks my heart.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

I agree.

I’d like to know more about this “non-relative” who filed for custody. Was she a friend? Neighbor? Random stranger in the hospital?

Also a little confused about the timeline. They say the only photo of her (presumably the one shown) was taken in 2019, around age 9 months when she broke her arm. However to me that photo shows a toddler maybe between 1-2.