AS WELL. A TEN YEAR OLD FLORIDA GIRL WHO’S BEEN MISSING SINCE JUNE IS STILL MISSING, BUT HER MOTHER WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY. WESH TWO GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN IS LIVE IN STUDIO TO TELL US ABOUT THAT AND THE CENTRAL FLORIDA TIES RELATED TO THIS CASE. GAIL, THE FBI, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MARGATE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THIS CHILD IN THE ORIGINAL MISSING CHILD ALERT. IT WAS BELIEVED THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER MAY HAVE BEEN HEADING TO ORLANDO. ALL RIGHT, MISS DAVIS, YOU’RE CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT. NEGLECT OF A CHILD WITHOUT GREAT BODILY HARM. 34 YEAR OLD JOSHUA DAVIS WAS BOOKED INTO THE BROWARD COUNTY JAIL TUESDAY FOR CHILD NEGLECT. SHE’S A MOTHER OF A MISSING SOUTH FLORIDA GIRL, GABRIELLE TERRELONGE. INVESTIGATORS SAY DAVIS AND HER DAUGHTER WERE LAST SEEN TOGETHER AT THIS WALMART IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, ON JUNE 21ST. CAMERAS CAPTURED THEM AND THE CHECKOUT LINE. THE MARGATE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED DAVIS ON OCTOBER 17TH FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOPLIFTING AT A DOLLAR TREE STORE. SHE SPENT TWO WEEKS BEHIND BARS. BUT WHILE SHE WAS IN JAIL, THE CHILD’S FATHER, WHO LIVES IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, REPORTED GABRIELLE MISSING. DAVIS BONDED OUT. POLICE FOUND HER TUESDAY, BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHERE HER DAUGHTER IS. HER AUNT, WHO LIVES IN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY, TALKED TO THE NBC AFFILIATE IN MIAMI. I FEAR THAT SOMEONE HAS TAKEN HER OR SHE’S GIVEN HER TO SOMEONE THAT SHE DOESN’T KNOW. EVEN THE JUDGE WHO PRESIDED OVER THE MOTHER’S CASE HAD QUESTIONS IN MY UNDERSTAND THAT ALLEGEDLY, SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHERE THE CHILD IS. YOUR HONOR, WHAT’S UNDERSTOOD IS SHE HASN’T SAID ANYTHING. THE MISSING CHILD ALERT THAT WENT OUT SAID GABRIELLE WAS BELIEVED TO BE WITH HER MOTHER, AND THEY MAY HAVE TRAVELED TO ORLANDO. THE ALERT ALSO SAID GABRIELLE WAS LAST SEEN IN THE AREA OF HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, AND LAST SEEN WEARING A WHITE T-SHIRT, LONG BLACK PANTS AND WHITE CROCS. THE CHILD’S AUNT SAYS THE MOTHER, DAVIS SUFFERS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. SHE’S TRIED TO GAIN CUSTODY OF GABRIELLE, BUT CITED ERRATIC BEHAVIOR BY THE CHILD’S MOTHER. I FEEL VERY, LIKE, POWERLESS. I FEEL ANGRY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN. THINGS WERE NOT PROGRESSIVELY GETTING BETTER. THEY’RE PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. THE AUNT ADDS, THE LAST TIME SHE TRACKED THEM DOWN WAS LAST YEAR, ADDING GABRIELLE WAS SLEEPING ON A CARDBOARD MAT AT 330 IN THE MORNING IN AN ALLEYWAY NEXT TO A PIZZA SHOP IN PLANTATION, FLORIDA. NOW, ACCORDING TO AN ARREST REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED LATE THIS EVENING, TASHA DAVIS TOLD DETECTIVES, QUOTE, SHE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHILD’S WHEREABOUTS AND THAT SHE SHOULD BE WITH HER FATHER. THE FATHER DENIED HAVING SEEN HER SINCE MAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, CALL THE FBI AT ONE 800, CALL
Mother of missing 10-year-old Florida girl charged with child neglect
Updated: 10:53 PM EST Nov 5, 2025
Passha Davis, 34, was booked into the Broward County Jail on Tuesday, charged with child neglect without bodily harm, as authorities search for her missing daughter, Gabrielle Terrelonge, last seen in Hollywood, Florida.Investigators reported that Davis and her daughter were last seen together at a Walmart in Hollywood, Florida, on June 21, captured by cameras in the checkout line.The Margate Police Department arrested Davis on Oct. 17 for allegedly shoplifting at a Dollar Tree store, leading to her spending two weeks behind bars. During her incarceration, Gabrielle’s father, who resides in Central Florida, reported her missing. Davis has since bonded out, but the whereabouts of her daughter remain unknown.Gabrielle’s aunt, who lives in St. Lucie County, expressed her concerns to an NBC affiliate in Miami, saying, “I fear that someone has taken her or she’s given her to someone she doesn’t know.”The judge presiding over Davis’s case also raised questions, stating, “Am I to understand, allegedly she doesn’t know where the child is? Your honor, what’s understood is that she hasn’t said anything.”A Missing Child Alert indicated that Gabrielle was believed to be with her mother and that they might have traveled to Orlando. The alert detailed that Gabrielle was last seen in Hollywood, Florida, wearing a white T-shirt, long black pants, and white Crocs.The child’s aunt mentioned that Davis suffers from mental illness and has attempted to gain custody of Gabrielle, citing the mother’s erratic behavior. “I feel very like powerless, so angry because I know things were not progressively getting better, they’re progressively getting worse,” she said.The aunt also recounted the last time she tracked them down, which was last year, finding Gabrielle sleeping on a cardboard mat at 3:30 in the morning in an alleyway next to a pizza shop in Plantation, Florida.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. —
Passha Davis, 34, was booked into the Broward County Jail on Tuesday, charged with child neglect without bodily harm, as authorities search for her missing daughter, Gabrielle Terrelonge, last seen in Hollywood, Florida.
Investigators reported that Davis and her daughter were last seen together at a Walmart in Hollywood, Florida, on June 21, captured by cameras in the checkout line.
The Margate Police Department arrested Davis on Oct. 17 for allegedly shoplifting at a Dollar Tree store, leading to her spending two weeks behind bars. During her incarceration, Gabrielle’s father, who resides in Central Florida, reported her missing. Davis has since bonded out, but the whereabouts of her daughter remain unknown.
Gabrielle’s aunt, who lives in St. Lucie County, expressed her concerns to an NBC affiliate in Miami, saying, “I fear that someone has taken her or she’s given her to someone she doesn’t know.”
The judge presiding over Davis’s case also raised questions, stating, “Am I to understand, allegedly she doesn’t know where the child is? Your honor, what’s understood is that she hasn’t said anything.”
A Missing Child Alert indicated that Gabrielle was believed to be with her mother and that they might have traveled to Orlando. The alert detailed that Gabrielle was last seen in Hollywood, Florida, wearing a white T-shirt, long black pants, and white Crocs.
The child’s aunt mentioned that Davis suffers from mental illness and has attempted to gain custody of Gabrielle, citing the mother’s erratic behavior. “I feel very like powerless, so angry because I know things were not progressively getting better, they’re progressively getting worse,” she said.
The aunt also recounted the last time she tracked them down, which was last year, finding Gabrielle sleeping on a cardboard mat at 3:30 in the morning in an alleyway next to a pizza shop in Plantation, Florida.