Eriel Lynette Mack-Mariscal was only an infant when the public record of her disappearance began in New Orleans, Louisiana. NamUs identifies her as Missing Person MP96588 and lists her date of last contact as July 30, 2019, while the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children poster for the same child lists her as missing since July 27, 2019; both records connect her case to New Orleans and to NCMEC case number 1443954.
Because the public sources differ on the last-seen date, the clearest account is that Eriel’s last confirmed known contact was in late July 2019, when she was still a baby. She is described in public missing-child records as a White female with brown hair and brown eyes, and she was listed at about 2 feet to 2 feet 6 inches tall and 16 to 20 pounds around the time she vanished.
The available online case details suggest that Eriel’s story crossed state lines before it became a public missing-child investigation. According to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, Eriel was born in Reno, Nevada, in 2018 and later relocated to New Orleans with her guardian. The Charley Project, citing case information, reports that a relative living in New Orleans had been granted guardianship through Washoe County Family Court in Nevada in 2018, but that the relative was supposed to complete guardianship paperwork in Louisiana and later stopped responding to court officials’ requests. What should have been a routine matter of confirming a young child’s care and location became something far more troubling when officials could not establish where Eriel was.
Public records place Eriel’s last confirmed contact at the Children’s Hospital & Care Center in New Orleans on July 30, 2019, according to the Louisiana Repository for Unidentified & Missing People and The Charley Project. Those sources also note a prior fracture of her left upper arm, a detail that may help distinguish her in records or medical histories. The Charley Project reports that there may have been an alleged contact with Eriel in May 2020, but authorities could not verify it, and the person said to have last seen her is now deceased. That uncertainty has left investigators with a painful gap: there is a last confirmed point in New Orleans, there are later claims that could not be substantiated, and there is no publicly confirmed account showing where Eriel went afterward.
By 2021, concern over Eriel’s whereabouts had become formal. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office says she was officially reported missing after an investigation revealed that her guardian and family members did not know where she was. The Charley Project adds that in November 2021, Washoe County Family Court hired a private investigator to look into the matter and locate Eriel; interviews with the guardian and biological family members reportedly did not produce her location, and she was officially reported missing on December 9, 2021. A missing person report was then filed with the New Orleans Police Department’s 4th District, and Eriel was listed with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
In May 2024, the New Orleans Police Department publicly asked for assistance locating Eriel as a critical missing juvenile. NOPD said the child’s legal guardian, a Louisiana resident, reportedly died in 2020, and that it was unknown who took custody of Eriel afterward; family members reportedly said they had no knowledge of her whereabouts. The department asked anyone with information to contact Child Abuse detectives, while NCMEC continues to list Eriel as a missing child and provides the New Orleans Police Department number and NCMEC hotline for tips. The absence of a confirmed resolution means the public-facing records continue to frame the case around one central need: finding Eriel and verifying her safety.
The case of Eriel Mack-Mariscal is a heartbreaking record of a very young child whose life appears to have slipped from official view after a move from Nevada to Louisiana, a guardianship arrangement, and a final confirmed contact in New Orleans in late July 2019. Investigators later learned that the people who should have been able to explain where she was could not provide answers, and the reported death of her legal guardian left even more uncertainty about who may have cared for her afterward. Public agencies in Louisiana and Nevada have continued to seek information, with NOPD, NCMEC, NamUs, the Louisiana Repository, and the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office all preserving pieces of her story. In overview, Eriel was an infant last connected to New Orleans in 2019, officially reported missing in 2021 after her whereabouts could not be confirmed, and remains the subject of public appeals focused on locating her, confirming what happened after her last known contact, and bringing answers to a case marked by silence, uncertainty, and deep concern for a child who deserves to be found.Last Seen: Jul 30, 2019
