Baltimore County Police are asking for the public's help finding a 14-year-old girl who went missing from the Reisterstown area earlier this week. Yoselin Pineda Sorto was last seen around 10 p.m. Monday, and investigators have released her description while they work to locate her.
According to a post from the Baltimore County Police Department
, Yoselin is described as 5 feet tall and 100 pounds. The account shown with the alert is @BaltCoPolice. The post said she was last seen in the Reisterstown area at approximately 10 p.m. on Monday, November 2.
What Police Are Asking of the Public
The department's post urged anyone who locates Yoselin to contact authorities immediately. Police asked that tipsters call 911 or 410-887-6975 if they spot her. No further details about the circumstances surrounding her disappearance, including clothing description or where exactly in Reisterstown she was last seen, were included in the department's alert.
Baltimore County Police’s published 2023 field manual says children are considered missing once a complaint is received. It directs officers to begin a preliminary investigation, obtain a photograph and broadcast the child’s description, with follow-up by the department’s Child Abuse and Criminal Child Exploitation Unit after 48 hours. Those procedures describe department policy generally; the public alert does not establish which investigative steps have been taken in Yoselin’s case. The department’s manual sets out its missing-child procedures.
Maryland law also establishes a State Clearinghouse for Missing Children, operated by the Maryland State Police. Its duties include coordinating agencies and other groups involved in missing-child cases and publishing children’s names and relevant information when available. The clearinghouse provides a statewide coordination channel alongside local police appeals; the law does not establish whether Yoselin’s information has been added to its list. Maryland’s statute creating the clearinghouse outlines those responsibilities.
Baltimore County Police, which covers the Reisterstown area as part of its jurisdiction, has not released additional information beyond the initial missing-person notice as of Wednesday.
Maryland’s AMBER Alert system has separate activation criteria from a general missing-person notice. State Police says the child must be believed to face serious harm or death, investigators must have enough information to help locate the child, the child must be believed to remain in the area, and the information must be entered into the National Crime Information Center. Only law enforcement can request an alert, so the public notice alone does not establish whether those criteria were met. Maryland State Police explains the alert requirements.
No update confirming Yoselin's status has been released. Anyone who locates her is urged to call 911 or the Baltimore County Police tip line.
