Janelly Sanchez was 12 years old when she was reported missing in Connecticut in 2023. The NamUs case record identified her as a Hispanic / Latino female, about 4 feet tall and 90 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and listed her last known location as New Haven, Connecticut. Her last contact was recorded as March 10, 2023, in the area of Atwater Street in New Haven, a residential city neighborhood where the details released publicly were limited but urgent.
The New Haven Police Department was listed as the investigating agency, with its Missing Persons Unit asking anyone with information to come forward.
The public notice attached to Janelly’s case stated that she may have been in the company of an older male known as “Gemelo.” That detail did not establish what had happened to her, but it shaped the concern around the search because she was a child and because investigators believed another person might have been involved in her whereabouts. NamUs listed the case under MP101766, with NCMEC number 1474954, and the case was entered shortly after she was last seen. NamUs is a national missing-persons resource used by law enforcement, families, and other officials to help organize and share missing-person information, while the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children serves as a national clearinghouse and assistance center for missing-child cases.
There had been public concern for Janelly before the New Haven case was entered. A Patch report from February 2023 said police in Naugatuck had asked for help locating 12-year-old twin sisters Janelly and Janeliz Sanchez. According to that report, the sisters were first reported missing from Naugatuck on February 5, 2023, and Janeliz was later found in Bridgeport, while efforts to locate Janelly were ongoing at that time. The same report said Janeliz was again reported missing later in February after leaving a home in Naugatuck on foot. That earlier public alert provides background showing that Janelly’s safety had already been a matter of concern before the March 2023 New Haven listing.
The NamUs data attached to Janelly’s case now lists her case resolution status as Alive. That means Janelly was found alive and this is no longer an active missing-person case. The exact date of that resolution is unknown from the available public information, and the public record is vague about the circumstances of her recovery. What can be said with care is that a 12-year-old girl was last seen in New Haven on March 10, 2023, authorities publicly sought information about her whereabouts, her case was connected to New Haven Police and national missing-person resources, and the case later reached the most hopeful known outcome: Janelly Sanchez was located alive.Last Seen: Mar 10, 2023
