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Summary based on 9 sources
Giyanna Lorenzo-Nuñez, a 12-year-old female child from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was reported in the provided case information as last seen on April 7, 2026, in Philadelphia. Public online records located outside of the excluded source, however, do not clearly confirm April 7 as the exact last-seen date. The available public record is vague and conflicting: the Philadelphia Police Department reported Giyanna Lorenzo-Numez as a missing juvenile from the 7300 block of North 20th Street and said she was last seen on March 26, 2026, at approximately 3:17 p.m., while the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children later listed Giyanna Lorenzo-Nunez as missing from Philadelphia with a missing-since date of May 14, 2026. Because the online timeline differs across sources, the exact date of her disappearance cannot be stated with certainty from the reviewed public information alone.

The earliest detailed public notice located came from the Philadelphia Police Department, which asked for the public’s assistance in finding Giyanna. In that account, she was described as a 12-year-old girl who lived on the 7300 block of North 20th Street in Philadelphia. Police said she was last seen walking with her two dogs, a detail that gives the case a painfully ordinary beginning: a child outside in her own city, doing something familiar, before concern grew into a public search. She was described as having brown eyes and brown hair, and police reported that she had been wearing a pink jacket, blue leggings, and yellow Crocs when she was last seen.

As the case spread beyond the initial police notice, Giyanna’s name appeared in broader missing-child listings. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children identified her as Giyanna Lorenzo-Nunez, listed her as a 12-year-old female missing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and assigned the case NCMEC number 2087997 and NCIC number M428901868. NCMEC’s poster stated that Giyanna was last seen on May 14, 2026, and directed anyone with information to contact 911, the Philadelphia Police Department, or NCMEC’s 24-hour call center. A separate missing-child alert similarly listed her as a 12-year-old Hispanic girl with brown hair and brown eyes, missing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since May 14, 2026.

The differing dates in the public record make Giyanna’s case especially difficult to summarize with certainty. One public police notice places her last known sighting on March 26, while later national missing-child records place her missing-since date and last-seen date on May 14. The April 7 date provided in the case information was not confirmed by the reviewed non-excluded online sources, and no public online source reviewed explained why multiple dates appear in connection with the case. What remains consistent is that Giyanna was identified as a 12-year-old female child from Philadelphia, and that public appeals asked anyone with knowledge of her whereabouts to come forward.

No reviewed online source stated that Giyanna Lorenzo-Nuñez had been found alive or located deceased, and no public case-resolution status of Alive or Deceased was located in the reviewed sources. The available online record therefore presents her case as a public missing-child appeal, with unresolved questions about the precise timeline. In overview, Giyanna Lorenzo-Nuñez is a 12-year-old female from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose case is marked by conflicting public dates, an early police report describing her as last seen near the 7300 block of North 20th Street while walking with her two dogs, and later national missing-child records listing her as missing from Philadelphia; the central story is that a young girl’s whereabouts became the subject of urgent public concern, and the available sources continue to ask for information that could help clarify what happened and help bring answers for those who care about her.

Last Seen: Apr 7, 2026