Fresno police seek public help to find missing 17-year-old girl

Fresno police are asking the public to help find 17-year-old Hailey Shianne Hathcock, who was last seen in Fresno on May 16, 2026. The case remains active, and anyone with information is asked to call the Fresno Police Department at 559-621-7000.

A missing-person poster issued through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children lists Hathcock as missing from Fresno, California, and names the Fresno Police Department as the investigating agency. The poster identifies her NCIC number as M008798563 and her NCMEC poster number as 2088283.

State law enforcement also routes missing-person information through the California Department of Justice. The Office of the Attorney General says anyone who thinks they know where a missing person may be should contact the law-enforcement agency listed in the record or call the toll-free hotline at 1-800-222-FIND, before taking any action.

The California DOJ’s Missing and Unidentified Persons Section helps law enforcement and criminal justice agencies locate missing people and identify unknown living and deceased persons. Officials say that work includes comparing physical characteristics, fingerprints and dental or body X-rays, a process that can become critical in the first days after a teen is reported missing.

For Fresno families, the immediate steps are clear: share any tip with police at 559-621-7000 and use the state hotline if information may help investigators. With Hathcock still listed as missing and no further update on her whereabouts, local and state agencies continue to treat the case as a live search.