San Antonio Teen Avery Robles Missing Again, Four Months After First Disappearance

A 15-year-old San Antonio girl who was found safe after a nine-day disappearance in April has gone missing again, and Bexar County deputies say they don't know where she is. Avery Carol Robles was last seen at her residence on Wednesday, and her current whereabouts remain unknown, according to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.

The Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help locating Robles, who stands 5 feet 1 inch tall, weighs about 115 pounds, and has black hair, hazel eyes, nose piercings on both sides of her nose, and a heart tattoo on her right hand, as reported by KABB. Deputies have not disclosed the status of her cellphone. Anyone with information is asked to call BCSO at 210-335-6000 or email the Missing Persons Unit at [email protected].

A Familiar and Worrying Pattern

This is not the first time Robles has disappeared this year. She was previously reported missing by the Sheriff's Office on April 4, 2026, after leaving her home on Shaenwest, before she was located safe nine days later, on April 13, per a Bexar County Sheriff's Office bulletin shared on Facebook. During that search, deputies focused on the 10400 block of Boland Bend and the surrounding Shaenwest neighborhood on San Antonio's far Northwest Side, the same Facebook posting shows.

Whether Robles's latest disappearance is connected to the same circumstances as April's incident is not stated in available reporting. Her reappearance Wednesday marks the second time in five months that the Sheriff's Office has issued a public missing-juvenile notice for her, underscoring investigators' urgency in tracking her down again.

One of Hundreds of Cases BCSO Is Juggling

Robles's disappearance is not an isolated case for Bexar County deputies. The same day she went missing, the Sheriff's Office also issued a separate missing-juvenile report for 13-year-old Andres Juan-Woods, who vanished from his home on Astro Field without his mobile phone, according to a BCSO Facebook post. The overlapping cases reflect the sheer volume of runaway and missing-youth reports local deputies handle: Bexar County agencies recorded nearly 3,000 missing juvenile reports in 2025 alone, positioning the San Antonio metro area among the highest-volume regions for missing youth in Texas, Hoodline has previously reported.

That caseload prompted the Bexar County Commissioners Court to allocate $370,000 in November 2025 to expand the Sheriff's Office Missing Persons Unit, adding a dedicated investigator and administrative clerk to address heavy backlogs. Statewide, the scope of the problem is even larger: the Texas Department of Public Safety Missing Persons Clearinghouse logged 44,783 total missing person reports in 2024, with minors under 18 accounting for more than 71 percent of all cases.

Why No Amber Alert Has Been Issued

Robles's case has not triggered a statewide Amber Alert, and under Texas Department of Public Safety guidelines, it likely won't unless investigators verify an abduction with an immediate risk of death or serious injury. That threshold explains why standard missing-youth or runaway reports, even repeated ones, don't generate the statewide phone alerts many residents expect.

Because of that high bar, Bexar County law enforcement leans on public tips, social media bulletins, and routine patrols rather than emergency broadcasts to find missing teens. Multi-agency efforts have paid off before: a 2025 initiative called Operation Lightning Bug, which brought together the U.S. Marshals Service, San Antonio Police, and BCSO, recovered more than 30 missing juveniles and six human trafficking survivors.

Legal Risk for Anyone Sheltering Her

Under Texas Family Code Section 51.03, running away from home is not a crime for the minor herself — it's classified as a status offense that labels the youth a “child in need of supervision,” giving law enforcement authority to take her into protective custody and return her home. But anyone who knowingly shelters or hides Robles without notifying law enforcement or a parent within 24 hours could face criminal charges of their own. Under Texas Penal Code Section 25.06, harboring a runaway minor under that circumstance is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in county jail and a $4,000 fine.

Robles's case adds to a string of recent Bexar County disappearances Hoodline has covered this month, including Missing San Antonio Teen: Kingston Saulny-Forrest, 17 and a separate case involving 15-year-old Justin Sierra. Deputies are urging anyone with information on Robles's whereabouts to come forward as the search continues.