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Fifteen-year-old Ava Lauren Dougherty was reported missing from Lakeland, Florida, in Polk County, after her last known contact on May 13, 2026. NamUs lists her case as Missing Person / NamUs #MP158587 and identifies the investigating agency as the Polk County Sheriff�s Office, with the case reported on May 13, 2026. The available public case information is spare, but it places Ava in Lakeland and records the circumstances of her disappearance simply as �left home,� a brief phrase that leaves ma ...Read More
Last Seen: May 13, 2026

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Victim Details

May 14, 2026

May 14, 2026

Ava

Dougherty

15

15

69 inches

200 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

May 13, 2026

Lakeland

Florida

Polk County

No

192259

Polk County Sheriff's Office

Winter Haven

Florida

Polk County

33880

Skyler Teal

Detective

1891 Jim Keene Boulevard, Florida

8632986834

County

Law Enforcement

pk260020750

2026-05-13

Polk County Sheriff's Office

Brown

Brown

Brown

05/24/2026


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