Kayla Claudio was 15 years old when she was last known to have contact with her family in East Hartford, Connecticut, on January 17, 2023. She was listed in NamUs as a missing Hispanic / Latino female from Hartford County, with black hair, brown eyes, a height of about 5 feet 3 inches, and a weight of about 110 pounds. Her case was entered as NamUs MP99629, with East Hartford identified as the last known location and the East Hartford Police Department listed as the investigating agency.
The NamUs case information also identified Detective Daniel Ortiz and the East Hartford Police Department as the primary investigative contact, reflecting that Kayla’s disappearance had moved beyond a family concern and into a formal missing-person investigation.
Kayla’s disappearance was closely tied to that of her twin sister, Kimberly Claudio. Public reporting from East Hartford said the girls’ mother reported both sisters missing on January 20, 2023, after they had not returned home since January 17. Police said the twins had left home after being suspended from school following their involvement in a fight, a detail also reflected in the NamUs data provided for Kayla’s case. Local coverage described the situation as one in which two 15-year-old sisters had vanished from their home, prompting East Hartford police to ask the public for help finding them. Even where authorities did not initially believe the girls were in immediate danger, the absence of two children from their home for days carried a serious emotional weight for their family and community.
As the search continued, the public details focused on identifying information and the hope that someone might recognize the sisters or know where they had gone. Reports described Kayla and Kimberly as twin 15-year-olds from East Hartford and said police were asking anyone with information to contact Detective Dan Ortiz. One report noted that neither sister had access to a cellphone, which would have made it harder for family, police, or concerned community members to reach them directly. Another report said their mother told police the sisters had previously run away and had been found in places across Connecticut and as far away as New York, adding context to why investigators and the public were asked to look beyond East Hartford while still treating the case as urgent because the missing persons were children.
The case later moved from an active search to a recovery of living children. Daily Voice reported that the missing 15-year-old twins from East Hartford had been safely located in New York after the original appeal for public help. The available public report does not provide a precise date for when Kayla and Kimberly were found, so the exact date is unknown based on the accessible information, but the update indicates that Kayla was found alive and that the missing-person emergency was no longer active in the same way it had been when police and the community were seeking help. In overview, Kayla Claudio’s case began with a 15-year-old girl and her twin sister leaving home in East Hartford after a difficult incident connected to school, grew into a public missing-child search led by East Hartford police, and ended with the compassionate relief that both sisters were reported safely located in New York.Last Seen: Jan 17, 2023
