Authorities ask for help finding missing Bernalillo teen Makayla Manzanares
Deputies are searching for 17-year-old Makayla Manzanares, last seen June 9 near Meade Pl SW in Bernalillo. Call 505-468-7134 or 1-800-457-3463 with tips.
Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies are asking for immediate help locating 17-year-old Makayla Manzanares, who was last seen June 9 in the Meade Pl SW area of Bernalillo. Anyone who saw her, has recent video from the neighborhood, or knows where she may have gone is urged to call the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office at 505-468-7134 or the New Mexico State Police missing-person hotline at 1-800-457-3463.
The New Mexico Department of Public Safety listed the case as a juvenile missing-person report on June 10, 2026, and said Manzanares was last seen June 9 in Bernalillo, New Mexico. The state record gives her date of birth as November 19, 2008, and describes her as a white female, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 160 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.
According to the June listing, she was wearing black shorts, a brown shirt and black flip flops when she was last seen. That clothing detail may help neighbors, business owners and drivers in the Bernalillo and Sandoval County area identify anything useful in doorbell footage, storefront cameras or dashcam video from the Meade Pl SW corridor.
The New Mexico Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse is the statewide repository used by law enforcement agencies across New Mexico, including tribal agencies, to route tips and raise public awareness in missing-person cases. The DPS listing directs the public to contact local law enforcement or New Mexico State Police with information that could help deputies narrow her movements after she disappeared.
State records also show a separate missing-person entry for Makayla Manzanares dated May 12, 2026, saying she was last seen May 11 in Albuquerque and giving the same sheriff’s office contact number. The existence of both entries underscores the need for anyone with direct knowledge of her whereabouts, or anyone who saw her around Bernalillo or Albuquerque in May and June, to contact investigators right away.
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