Seventeen-year-old Verlaina Laylani Baker was last seen in Orange, California on December 30, 2025. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating her disappearance, and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children issued an alert under case number 2074563. No further details about the circumstances of her disappearance have been released. Authorities ask anyone with information to contact the Orange County Sheriff’s Office at 647-7000 or NCMEC’s 24-hour line at 1-800-843-5678.

If anyone knew Verlaina’s routines, friends, or places she frequented in Orange, please share what you know with investigators.