Maryland
‘We need you to come home’: 16-year-old Maryland girl missing since April 4
The family of a Prince George’s County girl is pleading for the public’s help to find 16-year-old Jamiya Dority, who has been missing more than 10 days.
Jamiya was last seen April 4 in Suitland, Maryland.
County police say she is considered a critical missing person. Her loved ones are desperate to bring her home.
“She has a bubbly, outgoing personality; she loves to do hair,” her mother, Johniece Coleman, said.
“She loves to TikTok,” her mom said.
Videos shared by her family show Jamiya’s joyful spirit on display, showing her passion for dancing, hair and spending time with her loved ones. Her disappearance has been hard on those who know and love her.
“It’s just like the house is empty and stuff,” her sister, Mariya Dority, said.
Coleman says her 16-year-old daughter’s presence is missed.
“We miss her energy at home,” Coleman said. “She’s very outgoing. We miss her energy.”
Prince George’s County police say Jamiya, sometimes referred to as Miya, was last seen Saturday, April 4 about 7:30 p.m. near Rena Road in Suitland. Her family says she was last seen at a relative’s home.
“At this point, it’s been 11 days since she’s been seen, heard from, all of that,” Coleman said Wednesday.
Her mother and her aunt say this is the second time Jamiya has left her family’s care, but the last time this happened, they were able to find her within three days.
“This is the longest that she’s been gone without contact,” Coleman said.
“We just really want her to come home,” her aunt Latosha Coleman said. “She has so many outlets and people that she can talk to.”
Jamiya is five feet tall and was last seen wearing a white crop top and black pants. She’s a freshman at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School.
Jamiya Dority, 16, was last seen the evening of April 4 on Rena Road in Suitland, Maryland.
Her family is hoping that she’s able to return safely home.
“Jamiya, we love you; we need you to come home; we miss you; we miss your energy; your cat Tiana misses you as well,” her mother said. “We need you to come home.”
If you have any information about her whereabouts, police are asking you to call them.