Ercely Romero-Soriano was 16 years old when she was reported missing from Bel Air, Maryland, in Harford County. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children lists her as missing since July 31, 2015, and describes her as a female whose current listed age is 26. The poster states that she was last seen on that Friday in Bel Air and notes an important vulnerability: Ercely may speak little or no English, a detail that could have made it harder for her to ask for help, explain her
circumstances, or be recognized by people outside her immediate community.
At the time she disappeared, public missing-person records described Ercely as Hispanic, 5 feet 6 inches tall, and about 150 pounds, with black hair and hazel eyes. The Charley Project lists her date of birth as June 16, 1999, and classifies the case as an endangered runaway, while also stating that authorities believed she may have left of her own accord. Even with that classification, the absence of a teenager from her community for so many years remains a serious and painful matter for anyone who knew and loved her, especially because the publicly available record contains very few details about what led up to her disappearance or where she may have gone afterward.
Local reporting from Bel Air shows that the case was publicized shortly after Ercely was last seen. Patch reported on August 7, 2015, that a 16-year-old girl reported missing had last been seen in Bel Air, and that the Bel Air Police Department had shared her photo publicly that morning. The same report, citing the Maryland Center for Missing and Unidentified Persons, identified the last-seen date as Friday, July 31, and asked anyone with information to contact Bel Air police or call 911.
The available online sources leave some uncertainty in the timeline. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and local reporting identify July 31, 2015, as the date Ercely was last seen, while The Charley Project’s narrative includes a later August 10, 2015, disappearance date despite listing July 31, 2015, in the case summary. Because the official NCMEC poster and local report both point to July 31, that date appears to be the clearest publicly repeated last-seen date, while the exact circumstances surrounding the days that followed are not clearly explained in the public record.
Ercely’s case is one with sparse public detail but lasting significance. She was a teenage girl, far from adulthood, last seen in Bel Air, Maryland, and described in ways that may help the public recognize her: Hispanic, with black hair and hazel eyes, standing about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing around 150 pounds at the time. The case has been associated with the Bel Air Police Department, whose listed contact number is 410-638-4500, and NCMEC also lists its 24-hour call center at 1-800-843-5678. In overview, the case of Ercely Romero-Soriano began with the disappearance of a 16-year-old from Bel Air on July 31, 2015; it was publicized by local authorities and child-safety organizations, classified in public records as an endangered runaway matter, and remains defined in the public sources by limited circumstances, a few identifying details, and the continuing hope that reliable information can clarify what happened to her.Last Seen: Jul 31, 2015
