Candlelight Vigil Held for Missing Lincoln Heights Mother
By EGP News Report
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A vigil was held Tuesday night in Lincoln Heights for a 22-year-old woman missing since Dec. 26, the day after Christmas.
Bree’anna Jovette Guzman, the mother of two small children, disappeared after telling family members that she was going to walk to the Rite Aid Pharmacy a short distance from her home on the 2300 block of Humboldt Street in Lincoln Heights. The Rite Aid is located at the intersection of Pasadena Avenue and Avenue 26.
Guzman told her family she was going to buy cough medicine.
That’s the last anyone has seen of her.
Tuesday night, Guzman’s family and friends, along with others from the working class neighborhood, walked along the same route they presume Guzman took from her home to the drugstore.
Her mother, visibly shaken by her daughter’s disappearance, told a KTLA-9 reporter that her daughter had no reason to leave.
“All we have is hope, expectation …” said Bree’anna’s mother Darlene Guzman.
“What do you tell a child five years old that hasn’t seen their mother in more than two weeks,” family friend Lisa Carreone told KTLA-9.
Some of those joining the vigil said they did not know “Bree,” the name used by Guzman’s friends and family, but were moved by her story and felt, as one resident said, they “just had to do something.”
The family has blanketed the neighborhood with posters with Guzman’s picture, and asking anyone with information to contact the Los Angeles Police Department.
Guzman is described as a female Hispanic, with black hair and brown eyes. She stands 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs about 110 pounds, and was last seen wearing a blue jacket, pink shirt and blue jeans. She has a tattoo on the back of her neck and a pierced lower lip.
Bree’anna Jovette Guzman has been missing since Dec. 26.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Guzman is asked to contact the LAPD Missing Persons Unit at (213) 996-1800. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247).
Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (1-800-222-8477). Tipsters may also contact Crime Stoppers by texting to phone number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin with the letters “LAPD.” Tipsters may also go to LAPDOnline.org, click on “webtips” and follow the prompts.
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January 12, 2012 Copyright © 2012 Eastern Group Publications, Inc.
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The picture you have a Bree is about 4 years old. There is a more recent picture that you should show as she looks much different