It’s the kind of news every parent hopes for, a missing child found safe. Thirteen-year-old Lissy Suntecun is back with her family today after three agonizing days of uncertainty. She vanished on Monday afternoon after leaving school, and for days, her loved ones had only one clue: a white pickup truck seen near the school. In a desperate search for answers, Lissy’s father took matters into his own hands and his determination paid off. He tracked down the vehicle in August Pine Ridge, leading police to a shocking discovery: Lissy was safe, but in the company of a relative who never informed her parents. Tonight, we hear from police and Lissy’s grandmother, Oralia Rosado, as the family breathes a sigh of relief.
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
“On Wednesday, eighteenth June, 2025, at approximately elevenPM police visited a residence in Guinea Grass Village, Orange Walk District, where Lissy Suntecun, a thirteen-year-old student of Guatemala, nationality was located. Suntecun, who attends a school in the Cayo district was reported missing on Monday sixteenth June, 2025, after she had not returned for the afternoon session of her classes. Police have since placed Suntecun who is in apparent good health in the care of the Department of Human Services. Three persons have been detained in connection to this incident, and a file will be forwarded to the office of the director of public prosecution for their directives.”
“Yesterday we seeing about the car, my son went to August Pine Ridge. The same person that I was saying in the media that was the aunt if the mom, she was livening in August Pine Ridge. And the police take her and she’s saying no, I no have it. I no have it. But then somebody send a picture of our daughter and police went to see the daughter but she saying no. My son arrived in August Pine Ridge. He found the car and te we went to report to the police.”
Paul Lopez
“And based on his report, police went to the location?”
“Yes because at like two o’clock in the morning, I call him saying, where are you. And he tell me I’m going back mom, I have already seen the car, I have already report. The police will do its work now.”
Lissy is now in the care of the Human Services Department.