Gallup police seek help finding missing 17-year-old Diné girl

Gallup police are asking for the public’s help finding Miley Ameira Rose Shorty, a 17-year-old Diné girl listed as missing in Gallup. Anyone with information should call the Gallup Police Department at 505-722-2231.

New Mexico Department of Public Safety lists Shorty’s date missing as May 27, 2026, and says she was last seen in Gallup. A separate local report described her as 5 feet 3 inches tall and about 115 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. That report said she was last seen on May 26 at Red Rock 10 theater in Gallup and was last heard from by cell phone on May 27, when she told her family she was okay.

The case has drawn quick attention in Gallup and across McKinley County, where missing-person alerts can spread fast through neighborhood networks, schools, tribal communities, and social media. New Mexico DPS says its Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse serves as a central repository used by law enforcement agencies, including tribal agencies, across the state. The agency also says the Turquoise Alert system is designed for missing Indigenous persons and coordinates notifications across law enforcement, media, and public emergency channels.

Shorty’s name has appeared in state records before. In August 2023, Gallup police sought the public’s help in locating Miley Shorty, then 14, after she was last seen at her home on East Hill Avenue in Gallup on Aug. 15, 2023. State officials later posted that she had been located and was safe.

For families in Gallup, along the western Navajo Nation, and throughout McKinley County, the current alert is a reminder that even a small piece of information can matter. Police are asking anyone who saw Miley Shorty, knows where she may be, or has any detail that could help investigators to call immediately.