A 14-year-old girl has gone missing from the Converse area of northeast Bexar County, and the sheriff's office is asking anyone with information to come forward. Azuri Mi Kera Roberts was last seen on the 2300 block of Camellia Rose, a residential stretch in the Converse area of northeast Bexar County, according to KENS 5.
Roberts is described as five feet three inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, as reported by WOAI. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office says it needs help locating the teen and is urging anyone with information to call (210) 335-6000. Tips can also be sent by email to the department's Missing Persons Unit at [email protected].
A Newly Funded Unit Handles a Steady Stream of Cases
Roberts' case now falls to a dedicated Missing Persons Unit that Bexar County created in late 2025 with $370,000 in county funding, according to the San Antonio Report. Before that unit existed, a single detective was left managing a backlog of nearly 600 open missing persons cases, the outlet reported. Sheriff Javier Salazar has said his department fields between three and 10 missing person reports every day, and that teenagers make up roughly 70% of those cases.
That volume mirrors what's happening across Texas. The Texas Center for the Missing recorded 40,309 missing person reports filed statewide in 2025, and juveniles under 18 accounted for 28,229 of them — more than 70% of all filings. In Bexar County alone, law enforcement agencies logged 3,449 juvenile missing person entries into the FBI's National Crime Information Center database in 2024, per the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Why There's No Emergency Alert
Cases like Roberts' typically don't trigger an AMBER or CLEAR Alert because Texas Department of Public Safety criteria reserve those broadcasts for confirmed evidence of abduction, imminent bodily danger, or severe risk. That's why deputies instead rely on media notices, social media shares, and public tips to spread the word. Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 63.00905 and House Bill 908, agencies are still required to accept missing child reports immediately, without any waiting period, and enter the child's details into the National Crime Information Center database within two hours.
Law enforcement officials have also repeatedly warned that sheltering a missing minor without notifying authorities carries real legal risk. Under Texas Penal Code Section 25.06, knowingly harboring a runaway minor without notifying police or parents within 24 hours is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
National figures from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children show that voluntary runaways make up 80% to 85% of missing child cases, and the organization says 90% of missing children reports it supported were resolved in 2025. Roberts' case is one of several involving missing Bexar County teens that Hoodline has covered in recent days, including 15-year-old Erilyn Ibarra, who went missing near the Medical Center earlier this month.
Anyone with information about Roberts' whereabouts is asked to contact the Bexar County Sheriff's Office at the number listed above or reach the Missing Persons Unit by email.
