MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade police are investigating the disappearance of a 33-year-old woman who has not been seen since November.
Police said Maribel Torres was last seen Nov. 30 near her home in the 17300 block of Northwest 62nd Court, where she lives with her husband and their two children.
Police said Torres has no mental or physical disabilities and has not been in contact with any friends or relatives.
Torres' sister, Mabel Montesino, told Local 10 News reporter Neki Mohan that she discovered her sister was missing when someone called her about her sister's children.
"They told me that my sister needed to come get her children," Montesino said. "I was like, 'What do you mean, my sister needs to come get her children?' They were like, 'Yeah, she abandoned her kids,' and we haven't seen her in months. I hung up on them and I immediately called the police. My sister would never abandon her children."
Montesino said Torres and Torres' husband had a rocky relationship, but her sister was always there for her children.
"To find out my sister abandoned her children -- it wasn't believable. It wasn't believable and that's where I immediately contacted police."
Police said Torres' disappearance is "suspicious in nature."
"If you did pick up and leave, just let us know, so that we know you're OK," Montesino said in a message to her sister.
Montesino said Torres' husband, Jimmy Torres, has refused to speak with detectives.
Police have not named him as a person of interest at this time.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call the Miami-Dade Police Department's Special Victims Bureau/Missing Persons Squad at 305-715-3300 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
