Miami police are asking for help locating 11-year-old Llarixa Pagoada, who was last seen around 11 p.m. near the 800 block of Northwest First Street in Little Havana. Police identify the Special Victims Unit as handling the search.
Pagoada is 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 200 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes.
National figures offer context, not an explanation
Missing-child cases encompass different circumstances, and national totals cannot establish what happened in an individual search. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children said more than 27,000 of the more than 29,000 missing-child cases reported to it in 2024 were classified as endangered runaways. That national classification does not indicate the circumstances of Pagoada’s disappearance.
Separately, NCMEC reported that it assisted law enforcement with 29,568 missing-child cases in 2024 and helped bring 91% of those children home. These are national figures from the organization, not Miami statistics or a prediction about the outcome of this search.
