BSO seeks missing Dania Beach mother and 3-month-old daughter

Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives asked the public to help find 35-year-old Kaylyn Hausmann and her 3-month-old daughter after the pair were last seen near the 90 block of Southwest 18th Avenue in Dania Beach. Investigators said they were seen about 1:55 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, and urged anyone with information to come forward immediately.

Hausmann was described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 135 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a long-sleeve white shirt and black pants. The child’s age has raised the urgency of the search, even as deputies said the circumstances did not appear suspicious and the infant was not believed to be in danger.

BSO asked anyone who may have seen Hausmann, her daughter, or a vehicle connected to them to contact Detective Leonard Charla or the agency’s non-emergency line. In the early hours of a disappearance, investigators often rely on neighbors, motorists and people working nearby to help fill in the timeline around where someone went and who may have seen them last.

The search is centered in one of Broward County’s busiest corridors. Dania Beach, incorporated in 1904, was Broward’s first city and now serves more than 35,000 residents. The city sits immediately south of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Port Everglades and the Broward County Convention Center, where heavy traffic, cameras and constant movement can make a missing-person case move quickly from a neighborhood concern to a countywide effort.

BSO’s Dania Beach district office is at 4601 SW 30th Ave., Dania, FL 33312. That local presence, along with the city’s dense layout and steady stream of drivers passing through Southwest 18th Avenue, has made the first day of the search especially important as detectives work to pinpoint the mother and child’s movements.