Public’s Help Sought In Locating Missing La Verne Teenagers

LA VERNE, CA — The La Verne Police Department is asking the public’s help in finding a teenage girl who went missing Friday went.

Carmen Vasquez was last seen walking away from her home in the 2900 block of Arrow Highway around 5:50 p.m. after getting into an argument with her parents, police said.

Vasquez is 5 feet 3 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a light gray blouse, jeans, a belt and black Converse shoes. She is known to frequent the Pomona area, according to La Verne police.

The circumstances surrounding Vasquez’s disappearance are similar to that of another La Verne teenager, Austin Milligan, who went missing on the same day. The two disappearances are unrelated, police said.

Milligan, 13, was last seen going to bed at his home in the 1400 block of Via Corona around 8:30 p.m., police said. He also argued with his parents before he went missing.

Milligan is 5 feet 8 inches tall and last seen wearing blue jeans and a gray sweater. He also had a backpack with him, police said.

Pictures of the youths are available on the La Verne Police Department's Facebook page.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of either Vasquez or Milligan can contact the police at 909-569-1913 or email detectives@lvpd.org.