Two girls were arrested for one count of False Reporting to a Law Enforcement Agency each and booked into the Pima County Juvenile Corrections Center for impersonating Isabel Celis.
On July 22, 2012 at approximately 9:09 a.m., the Tucson Police Department received a 911 call from a young female claiming to be Isabel Celis. The female, who called from a cell phone, stated she had been kidnapped and hung up the phone. The cell phone was quickly traced to the 7200 block of East Pierce Place. Officers immediately began canvassing the area in search of the caller.
Over 25 Tucson Police Officers to include detectives from the Sex Offenders Registration and Tracking Unit responded to continue the investigation. Their investigation led them to an apartment complex located at 1345 South Kolb Road.
Officers made contact at an apartment with two juvenile females. The females admitted to making the phone call to 911 as a prank. The mother of the juveniles was at the apartment but unaware that the phone call had been made to 911.
Isabel Celis, 6-years old, disappeared from her home in the area of South Craycroft Road and East Broadway Boulevard sometime between the approximate hours of 11:00 p.m. on Friday, April 20, 2012 and 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 21, 2012.
The Tucson Police Department will conduct a thorough investigation into any call made to 911 in regards to Isabel Celis.
Police are encouraging anyone with information to come forward but warn that any false reports made to 911 will be investigated and aggressively prosecuted to the fullest extent.
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