Crime & Safety

14-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Taken By Mother In Santa Monica

Authorities are looking for a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly taken by her mother in Santa Monica.

Isabela Belani was last seen about 4 p.m. Jan. 11 during a planned visitation with her 52-year-old mother Shari Jackowitz, according to the California Highway Patrol, which issued a missing person advisory on behalf of the Santa Monica Police Department.
Isabela Belani was last seen about 4 p.m. Jan. 11 during a planned visitation with her 52-year-old mother Shari Jackowitz, according to the California Highway Patrol, which issued a missing person advisory on behalf of the Santa Monica Police Department. (Courtesy of the California Highway Patrol)

SANTA MONICA, CA — Police Wednesday sought the public's help to locate a 14-year-old girl who was reported missing in Santa Monica after she was allegedly taken by her mother.

Isabela Belani was last seen about 4 p.m. Jan. 11 during a planned visitation with her 52-year-old mother Shari Jackowitz, according to the California Highway Patrol, which issued a missing person advisory on behalf of the Santa Monica Police Department.

Isabela is described as 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a hoodie, gray shirt, gray jacket and black pants.

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Jackowitz is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 127 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She is also known to drive a black 2018 Audi S7 with the Florida license plate DISJ14.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts was asked to call 911.

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- City News Service and Patch Editor Nicole Charky contributed to this report.

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