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- Authorities are searching for Gabrielle Patricia Terrelonge, 10, who was last seen at the Florida Mall in Orlando in June with her mother, Passha Bianca Davis, 34
- The girl’s mother told authorities she thought Gabrielle was with her father
- Authorities determined that Gabrielle was not with her father, Gordon Terrelonge, who reported her missing
A young Florida girl last seen at a mall with her mother in June has vanished — and now the woman says she has no idea where her daughter is, authorities allege.
Gabrielle Patricia Terrelonge, 10, was last seen getting off of a Greyhound bus with her mother, Passha Bianca Davis, 34, at the Florida Mall in Orlando on the evening of June 30, police say.
The girl was reported missing by her father on Oct. 29 after her father learned that Davis had been arrested in Margate on Oct. 17, CBS News, Fox 13 Tampa Bay, and WPLG report.
Shortly after, the FBI issued a missing child alert.
Broward County Crime Stoppers offered a $5,000 reward for anyone with information about Gabrielle’s whereabouts, later raising it to $10,000.
Police body cam footage from Oct. 17 shows Davis refusing to identify herself when she was stopped by Margate police on suspicion of shoplifting, according to WPLG and CBS News, which aired the footage.
She was arrested and charged with unlawfully using a false name and resisting arrest, according to online court records.
During the stop, Davis never mentioned that her daughter was missing, the outlets report. That led to an investigation about the girl’s whereabouts, CBS News reports.
During a jailhouse interview on Oct. 31, when investigators asked Davis about her daughter, she allegedly told them the girl was with her father, police said, CBS News, WPLG and NBC 6 report.
She was released from jail on a $200 bond, online court records show.
Days later, on Nov. 4, Davis was arrested and charged with child neglect without great bodily harm, online court records show.
According to an arrest report obtained by CBS News, Gabrielle’s father, Gordon Terrelonge, told police he hadn’t seen his daughter since May.
Davis remains held in Broward County jail on a $100,000 bond.
Davis appeared in court in South Florida after being ordered on Nov. 19 to undergo a mental health evaluation, and made an obscene gesture when she saw TV cameras in the courtroom, NBC 6 reports.
During the hearing, the judge told Davis the court was awaiting the results of the evaluation.
“Various parties have some concerns of how you’re doing from a mental health standpoint,” the judge explained, NBC 6 reports.
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On Nov. 19, Gordon Terrelonge begged the public for help at a press conference, saying he was “desperate” to find her, CBS News reports.
“I beg, I’m begging from the bottom of my heart,” he said. “I just want to find my daughter. I want her to come home.”
With his daughter still missing, Terrelonge said he is not looking forward to the holiday season. “There’s no holiday for me…unless we find her,” he said at the press conference, CBS News reports.
Davis’ public defender did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS or the FBI.
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