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Case Study: Portillo-Zelaya

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This supplement is a record of my actions in this investigation. On June 2, 2016, I was assigned this case to follow up. This case involves Mr. Mirna Zelaya-Portillo a 16 year old Minnie Howard School student. I contacted Marillu Portillo-Zelaya (mother) on June 6, 2016. I received permission to speak to Mirna at school. I contacted School Resource Officer Pierre Hill who checked attendance at the school and Mirna was not in attendance.

I responded to 3914 Bruce Street Apt#B-106 and met with Marillu Portillo0-Zelaya in person. I advised her that Mirna is not in school. Marillu told me she intends to send her daughter to a Military School in West Virginia. Mirna passed the physical and is waiting for her to be accepted. A short while after I received a call from Office Hill reporting that he ran into Mirna and would have her standing by at student services.

I responded to Minnie Howard School and …show more content…

She reported being gone for about 1 night and refused to reveal who she had spent the night with. Mirna was prescribed an inhaler approximately 6 months ago and did not have it with her when she left home. She added that she has not had a need for it recently. Mirna told me that no one exploited her, touched her or sexually assaulted her while she was away from home. She told me she feels safe at home, but the fact is that she is bored. Mirna told me she would speak to Ms. Escobar about any problems she has, but does not care to as she is only bored. Mirna showed signs of deception when asked about marijuana use and once challenged she admitted she smokes weed. It should be noted she was stopped with a group of males on May 25, 2016 (136633) and among those males is her cousin Kristian Portillo (16-138739). Mirna denied any association or affiliation to any gangs. Mirna has had a prior runaway incident (14-825050) in Arlington County and as assault incident at school

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