McKinley County sheriff asks for help finding missing juvenile
Annmarie Larson, 15, was last seen in Gallup on May 27, and deputies say she may be headed toward Crownpoint.
The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office is asking for immediate help finding Annmarie Larson, a 15-year-old who was last seen in Gallup on May 27 and may be in the Gallup area while traveling toward Crownpoint. She is listed as 5 feet 7 inches tall, 140 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, and state records say she is American Indian/Alaskan Native and was wearing a black hoodie.
That narrow geography matters in McKinley County, where long distances, rural roads and sparse coverage can make it harder to track a missing juvenile once she leaves one community and heads for another. Crownpoint sits about 55 miles northeast of Gallup, turning any report of Larson near that corridor into a lead worth checking quickly rather than a vague concern lost across the county.
Officials are directing anyone with information to Metro Dispatch and to the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office at (505) 863-1410. The statewide Missing Person Hotline is 1-800-457-3463. The message for the public is straightforward: report anything that could help investigators, and do not spread rumors or make assumptions about where Larson may have gone.
New Mexico’s Missing Persons Clearinghouse posts missing people to the public website, releases alerts to the media, and stays in contact with police agencies and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. That network is meant to keep a juvenile case from stalling when a single witness, driver or business employee might be the person who notices Larson or recalls seeing someone matching her description.
Larson’s case also fits the state’s Turquoise Alert framework, which is meant for missing Indigenous people who are in involuntary, unexplained or suspicious circumstances and at risk because of safety or health concerns. McKinley County, with 72,902 residents in the 2020 census and one of the largest land areas in New Mexico, depends on fast public notice when a young person may be moving between Gallup and outlying communities. Every credible tip can help narrow the search and bring investigators closer to finding her.
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