Sixteen-year-old Karina Cisneros is the apple of her parent's eyes. She is an honor roll student whose many school certificates and plaques decorate the family home that she vanished from Monday.
"She is my only daughter, and you can imagine how we feel. She is an excellent girl. She is so sweet. She is an excellent student," said her mother Zoila Matienzo.
Monday, Matienzo came back from an appointment to an empty house. Her daughter was nowhere to be found. She'd left all her clothes and belongings intact. Then Tuesday, she got a heartbreaking phone call from her daughter.
"Mommy, I am ok, don't worry, I am ok. When I tried to speak more, She hang(sic) up," Matienzo said.
Miami Police and Karina's parents said the teen may be with Javier Pperaza, the teen's former social studies teacher at Kinlock Park Middle School. Sources told NBC6 he was removed from that position in February. Karina is now in 10th.