A missing-person notice identifies Lydia Hernandez as last seen Feb. 20 around 6 p.m. near Dresden Lane in Pasco County, Florida.
The notice lists the following details:
The notice lists brown hair and brown eyes. The available information does not provide a direction of travel, destination, or report number.
Information in the Missing-Person Notice
CityBeat reported on May 9, 2023, that the department planned to eliminate the District 5 headquarters in College Hill and that the neighborhoods would be reassigned by the end of 2023, according to CityBeat.
College Hill is home to significant youth residential care infrastructure, including Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center's College Hill Campus, which provides residential treatment and structured behavioral programs with average stays of four to six months, per Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The available information does not specify whether Hernandez left that facility or another one in the area, and no specific location has been publicly identified.
A Familiar Pattern for the Neighborhood
This is not the first time Cincinnati Police have turned to the public over a missing teen from College Hill. In March 2025, the department sought help locating 17-year-old James Cramer, who disappeared from the same area wearing white shoes, with Detective Williams serving as the investigator in Cramer's case — a case Hoodline covered in its earlier report on a missing College Hill teen.
Ohio law defines an “unruly child,” according to the Ohio General Assembly. The cited statute does not set out the missing-minor reporting or response requirements described here.
Statewide Missing-Children Data Not Established
The available sources do not establish statewide totals for missing-children reports, runaway cases, recovery rates, or Endangered Missing Child Alerts.
It is not stated whether Hernandez's case has been designated as an Endangered Missing Child Alert. Nationally, the available information does not establish the share of missing-child reports involving runaway youth or any estimate concerning trafficking vulnerability. Where Hernandez may have gone, and whether she left a facility, remain unresolved in the available information.
