Aylen Salgado-Hernandez, 17, was last seen in Morristown, New Jersey, on June 1, 2022, when she left home and did not arrive at school. She is described as female, with black curly neck-length hair, brown eyes, pierced ears, between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 5 inches tall, and weighing between 100 and 120 pounds. Her disappearance prompted growing concern as days and then months passed without contact.

Investigators developed a lead that Aylen may have traveled to Tennessee to live with an aunt, but information about that relative was vague and no confirmed location was provided. The official missing person report was filed on September 6, 2022; the Morristown Police Department opened an investigation under case number 2022-21572. Few details are known about Aylen’s movements after she left home, leaving significant questions about where she went and who she might have contacted.

Did anyone in the Tennessee area or who knew Aylen’s family have contact with her or know where she intended to go?