Missing Since June: Florida Teen Gabrielle Terrelonge’s Case Takes a Turn as Her Mother Is Arrested

For months, the disappearance of 10-year-old Gabrielle Patricia Terrelonge remained unnoticed — a quiet absence hidden within the everyday movement of busy Florida cities.

Her name did not appear in school attendance records. No missing-person alert was issued. No neighbors reported unusual concerns. The silence surrounding her case was perhaps the most unsettling detail of all.

That silence finally broke when investigators uncovered a troubling inconsistency in her mother’s statements — a single detail that unraveled an entire timeline and launched a multi-layered, statewide search for a little girl whose whereabouts remain unknown.

What began as a routine arrest in late fall quickly turned into a major missing-child investigation that now stretches across Orlando, Port St. Lucie, Margate, and several nearby areas.

The case has drawn deep concern from law enforcement officers, child advocates, and community members who fear the young girl may have slipped through the cracks of multiple systems meant to protect children in vulnerable situations.

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