Bernalillo County deputies seek missing 16-year-old Karla Vasquez in Tijeras

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office was urgently asking for help finding 16-year-old Karla Vasquez, who was last seen in the area of Mora Rd in Tijeras. Deputies said the circumstances of her disappearance had raised concern for her safety, and the agency pushed the public plea through social media.

For the next 24 hours, the most useful information is anything that narrows Karla Vasquez’s last movements: a vehicle description, a direction of travel, clothing details, a sighting near Mora Rd or elsewhere in Tijeras, or a time-stamped location from a phone, camera, or doorbell system. Anyone with information can contact the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency line at (505) 798-7000, and the department also directs tipsters to its missing-person resources and tip line on its sheriff’s website.

The case moved alongside another missing-person update from the same agency. In a separate sheriff update, deputies said they found a man who had been missing from Sandia Crest Rd, while the search for Karla Vasquez continued. That combination shows how quickly Bernalillo County deputies can be handling multiple missing-person calls at once, including cases that require both immediate public outreach and follow-up field work.

When a missing-teen case carries explicit safety concerns, the sheriff’s office appears to widen the search beyond routine reporting and family contact. In Karla Vasquez’s case, the public appeal was not limited to a standard notice: deputies said they were urgently requesting help, a signal that anyone in Tijeras, on the East Mountain roads, or elsewhere in Bernalillo County who saw something small but specific could still make a critical difference.