Former Sparta Teen Missing From New Florida Home

SPARTA, NJ — A 13-year-old-girl who recently moved from Sparta, New Jersey to Florida has been missing for a week, and her mother is asking for the public's help in finding her.

Juliana Bach, 13, was last seen on Monday, April 15 around 4:45 p.m. near her home in Lutz, Florida. The teen lived in Sparta until recently, and has reportedly been unhappy since moving away. She left the house on her brother's red pump scooter wearing the same pink tank top and black shorts she's wearing in a photograph taken just hours before she went missing.

The National Center for Missing and Endangered Children, in cooperation with the Pasco and Hillsborough County sheriff's offices, has sent out an alert for the public to be on the lookout for the teen.

Juliana is 5 feet 10 inches tall, 130 pound with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing black shorts, a pink tank top and gray Nike shoes, as pictured above. She did not take her cell phone or any money, food, or clothing, the family said. A GoFundMe has been established to offset search costs.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call the Hillsborough sheriff's office at 813-247-8200 or the Pasco sheriff at 727-847-5978.

There was some confusion about Juliana Bach's status due to a Facebook post that said she'd been found. That post, explained Wendy Bach, referred to her being found after running away in March. Bach said her daughter ran away a second time on Monday and hasn't been seen since.

With previous reporting by D'Ann Lawrence White, Patch Staff