{"id":187687,"date":"2026-03-03T02:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/187687\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T02:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:31:43","slug":"law-enforcement-in-lubbock-searching-for-missing-11-year-old-girl-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/187687\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Enforcement in Lubbock Searching for Missing 11-Year-Old Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**Updated at 3:00 p.m. 3\/2\/2026**<\/p>\n<p>The Lubbock County Sheriff&#8217;s Office announced this afternoon that missing 11-year-old girl Avianna Freeman has been found. According to authorities, she was located just before 2:00 p.m. near her home. Authorities say she did not have any obvious injuries but is being evaluated by medical staff as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>The matter is considered an active investigation.<\/p>\n<p>**Update at 11:30am 3\/2\/2026**<\/p>\n<p>The search continues for Avianna. The Lubbock County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has commented on the latest timeline and why no AMBER Alert has been issued.<\/p>\n<p>We have verified an updated timeline for Avianna\u2019s disappearance. The last camera footage of<br \/>Avianna shows her in her backyard at 5:24 p.m. She was reported missing to law enforcement at<br \/>approximately 6:10 pm. Law enforcement officers for the Sheriff\u2019s Office and partner agencies<br \/>were out last night, canvassing the area on foot. That search has not stopped and is continuing<br \/>today. We are utilizing all resources available, including helicopters, camera systems, and<br \/>available missing person protocols. Currently, Avianna does not meet the qualifications for a<br \/>statewide Amber Alert. She has been reported as a missing person, and we are continuing to<br \/>issue missing person notices to raise public awareness.<\/p>\n<p>***ORIGINAL STORY***<\/p>\n<p>The public is being asked to keep their eyes open for the whereabouts of an 11-year-old Lubbock girl named Avianna.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release from the Lubbock County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, Avianna has been missing since March 1st when she was last seen in her backyard in the 3900 block of North County Road 1700.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfyo.com\/trump-endorsements-texas-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: Trump Still Not Endorsing in House Race to Replace Arrington<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Initial investigations show she may have run away from home and could be traveling on foot. Below is the poster for the missing child. If you have any information about where she could be, please call 806-775-1600. You can also submit a tip anonymously on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfyo.com\/tags\/lubbock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lubbock <\/a>County Sheriff&#8217;s App.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfyo.com\/ixp\/157\/p\/amber-alerts-lubbock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: When Are AMBER ALERTS Issued?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Public Safety is assisting in the search for Avianna.<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n<p>The Top 10 Most Wanted Gang Fugitives in Lubbock For February 2026<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock Police, Lubbock County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, and even authorities in other parts of Texas are looking for these fugitives who have been spotted before in the Lubbock area. Take a look and see if you recognize any of these fugitives. This list could be updated later in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Chad Hasty<\/p>\n<p>23 Things That We Need in Lubbock, TXWe asked our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/790KFYO\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook audience<\/a> what Lubbock is missing, and their responses left nothing to the imagination. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"**Updated at 3:00 p.m. 3\/2\/2026** The Lubbock County Sheriff&#8217;s Office announced this afternoon that missing 11-year-old girl Avianna&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-187687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}