Lia Vender was 16 years old when she was reported missing from Peoria, Arizona, after she was last seen on March 3, 2026. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children published a missing-child notice identifying Lia as a female and listing Peoria as the location connected to her disappearance. The notice confirms the March 3 last-seen date but provides very little publicly released information about what happened immediately before she disappeared.
It does not identify a specific address or neighborhood where Lia was last seen, describe who may have been with her, or explain whether she left a residence, school, workplace, or another location. No publicly released account located for the case provides a confirmed direction of travel, transportation information, or circumstances explaining why authorities became concerned for her welfare.
As the search for Lia became a missing-child investigation, the Peoria Police Department was identified as the law-enforcement agency handling the case. Her National Center for Missing & Exploited Children record was assigned case number 2079378 and also lists an NCIC identification number, meaning information about her disappearance was entered into the national law-enforcement system used for missing-person records. Authorities have asked anyone with information about Lia or her whereabouts to contact the Peoria Police Department at 623-773-8311, while the national missing-child notice also directs anyone who encounters her or has urgent information to contact law enforcement. Despite the seriousness of a 17-year-old disappearing, publicly available information remains unusually limited. The official notice does not provide a physical description beyond her age and gender, and it does not publicly detail clothing, distinguishing characteristics, possible destinations, companions, vehicles, or other circumstances that could explain where she may have gone.
That lack of information leaves many important questions unanswered for Lia's family, investigators, and anyone trying to help locate her. There is no publicly documented explanation in the available official notice describing whether investigators believe she left voluntarily, encountered someone after she was last seen, traveled outside Peoria, or remained somewhere in the surrounding Phoenix metropolitan area. No publicly verified account located for the case identifies a suspect or indicates that criminal activity has been established in connection with her disappearance. Without verified details, speculation about what happened to Lia would risk obscuring the few facts authorities have made public. What is known is that Lia Vender disappeared from Peoria at 17 years old on March 3, 2026, her case was entered into national missing-child records, and the Peoria Police Department was designated as the investigating agency. Her disappearance therefore remains a case defined by a small number of confirmed facts and many unanswered questions, with information from anyone who knows what happened after she was last seen potentially important to reconstructing her movements and determining the circumstances surrounding her disappearance.Last Seen: Mar 3, 2026
