Family, friends and community members are gathering to honor Dulce Maria Alavez who went missing seven years ago. The vigil in her honor will begin at 5 p.m. on Sept. 16 at Babe Ruth Street in Bridgeton, New Jersey. The Disappearance of Dulce Maria Alavez Dulce was 5-years-old when she and her family had gone to a gas station to get ice cream bars before heading to Bridgeton City Park on Sept. 16, 2019. It was there that Dulce’s mom, Noema Alavez Pérez, says that she let her 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son play while she stayed in the car to scratch off a lottery ticket. About 10 minutes later, their mother saw the 3-year-old boy upset and crying, his ice cream on the ground and his sister nowhere to be found. When she went to check on the kids, Dulce was gone and she hasn’t been found since. Today, Dulce would be 12 years old. The #FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the whereabouts of Dulce Maria Alavez, last seen on September 16, 2019, while playing at the Bridgeton City Park behind Bridgeton High School in Bridgeton, New Jersey: https://t.co/bhCaGsbysX pic.twitter.com/q1f2J7HX7T— FBI Most Wanted (@FBIMostWanted) September 16, 2026 For a deeper dive into the case of Dulce Maria Alavez and her disappearance, check out NBC10’s “Somebody Knows Something: The Disappearance of Dulce.” Anyone with information on Dulce’s whereabouts is asked to call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (843-5678), the Bridgeton Police Department at 1-856-451-0033 or the FBI at 1-800-225-5324. Anonymous tips can also be submitted online to the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office. Dulce Maria Alavez Sep 16, 2025 New investigators, AI on the case 6 years after Dulce Maria Alavez disappeared Somebody Knows Something Sep 8, 2023 WATCH: ‘Somebody Knows Something: The Disappearance of Dulce' Dulce Maria Alavez Jun 14, 2023 Nonprofit group joins search for missing NJ girl Dulce María Alavez New Jersey Sep 16, 2022 3 Years After Disappearance, Hope Remains for Finding Missing NJ Girl Dulce Maria Alavez Sep 15, 2021 Officials Release 2 Age-Progressed Photos of Dulce María Alavez New Jersey Apr 24, 2021 ‘I Miss Her So Much': Family Marks 7th Birthday of Missing Girl Dulce María Dulce Maria Alavez Sep 16, 2020 After 1 Year, Investigators Think Missing Girl Dulce María Alavez Is Still Alive Dulce Maria Alavez Sep 13, 2020 ‘I Still Have Hope That She's Alive.' Search for Dulce María Continues 1 Year Later Dulce Maria Alavez Feb 17, 2020 Where Is Dulce María Alavez, Little Girl Who Vanished 5 Months Ago? Dulce Maria Alavez Oct 3, 2019 ‘I Can't Find My Daughter': 911 Call Reveals Moments After 5-Year-old Dulce María Alavez Went Missing New Jersey Sep 24, 2019 Dulce María Alavez's Father Has Talked with FBI in Mexico as Little Girl Now on ‘Most Wanted' List ...read more read less