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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kelly Rissman

A mom was arrested after starving her child in a closet. Now, cops are searching for her sister who has been missing since 2017

A Texas mother was recently arrested for allegedly starving her daughter by locking her in a closet — which led police to another shocking discovery: the girl’s older sister hasn’t been seen for seven years.

Authorities in Austin are now looking for 9-year-old Ava Marie Gonzales, who was last seen in December 2017 when she was just 2 years old. The search began after her mother, 33-year-old Virginia Marie Gonzales, was arrested for serious injury to a child last month after Ava’s 7-year-old sister was found "locked in a closet and starving,” Austin Police have said.

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