Crime Solvers Central
CSC
254 Cases Solved. Advancing justice for missing persons, unsolved homicides, unidentified and unclaimed remains.

Case Description

Any updates on this case? Let us know!
In the late summer of 2024, a quiet concern began to ripple through a North Carolina community. Six-year-old Yelin Matute Molina, a young Hispanic girl with black hair and brown eyes, was last seen on August 26, 2024, in Lenoir, a town in Caldwell County. This last sighting occurred as she was being enrolled in a local elementary school. After that day, Yelin did not attend school, and a troubling silence followed.

The alarm was officially raised by her elementary school when Yelin fail ...Read More
Last Seen: Aug 26, 2024

Links to Additional Sources (1)

See any mistakes? Let us know!

Victim Details

Jan 28, 2025

Jan 28, 2025

Yelin

Matute Molina

7

6

42 inches

48 inches

40 lbs

50 lbs

Hispanic / Latino

Female

Aug 26, 2024

Lenoir

North Carolina

Caldwell County

Lenoir

No

163591

Lenoir Police Department

Lenoir

North Carolina

Caldwell County

28645

Jesse Massey

Detective

1035 West Avenue Northwest, North Carolina

8287572100

Local

Law Enforcement

24-05618

2024-10-31

Lenoir Police Department

Black

Brown

Brown

06/22/2026


Area Last Seen: