The Centro Nacional de Personas Desaparecidas (CNDES) issued a public appeal for information on 31 August 2026 through its channels, including the X platform, concerning two minors who have been missing in Salamanca since 17 August. The agency, which comes under Spain's Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio del Interior), is asking for any relevant information.
According to the profiles shared by the CNDES, the missing people are Kiara Rafaella S.P., aged 13, slim, 1.45 metres tall, with black hair and black eyes, and María Esperanza P.V., aged 16, of a stocky build, 1.55 metres tall, with brown hair and black eyes. Both missing-person cases are registered as having occurred in Salamanca. The information released so far does not indicate whether the cases are connected.
The CNDES is urging the public to report information directly to the Policía Nacional on 091, to the Fundación ANAR on 116000, or to the Centro Nacional de Personas Desaparecidas. The CNDES's central search page allows users to search for missing people by date, province and characteristics. It is intended to widen the reach of appeals and bring information together; it does not replace police investigations.
The latest appeal follows the republication of the details and photographs on 31 August 2026, two weeks after the two teenagers went missing on 17 August 2026. Regional media picked up the information to raise the profile of the search. Official sources have given no details about possible background factors and have not commented on speculation about whereabouts or motives.
In Spain, cases involving missing minors are coordinated nationwide. The CNDES acts as the central reporting body for the Ministerio del Interior, recording, updating and publicly sharing verified information. Its aim is to pass incoming tips quickly to the police authorities responsible. Publishing a profile therefore does not mark the end of a case, but the continuation of the investigation. Anyone who can provide information about the people named is asked to pass it on promptly through the official channels listed.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).