Friends, Family Remember Missing Teen Danielle Bell

October 1, 2011

Friends and family members held a candlelight vigil Friday night for Danielle Arion Bell, who has been missing for 10 years. The vigil was held at Bayfront Park in Pensacola.

The KlassKids Search Center also launched a new website on Friday seeking more information about Bell’s disappearance. BringDanielleHome.net includes more information about Bell’s disappearance and information on how to submit a tip to help find her.

Bell was 14-years old when she was last seen at a party September 28, 2001, in the 500 block of Cedar Tree Lane, between Highway 29 and Highway 95A in Cantonment.

Witnesses told authorities that Bell left a party with a man that was in his mid-twenties at the time. Escambia County deputies later questioned that man and searched his home, but he was never charged in connection with the case.

During the summer of 2007, Alfredo Gomez Sanchez, Jr. was charged with providing law enforcement with false information about his whereabouts at the time Bell disappeared. He was not implicated in her disappearance.

In October 2010, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit served a search warrant at the home.  As part of that search warrant, a septic tank behind the residence was pumped out, and dogs from Escambia County Search and Rescue were also used to search the area.  Investigators said nothing was found, and they would not say what new information might have led to the search.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Danielle has a scar on her right forearm and blue eyes. She had brown hair at the time of her disappearance. She would now be 24 years old. Danielle, whose nickname was “Dani”, was a member of the Tate Aggies cheerleading squad. The popular teen enjoyed dancing and drawing.

Anyone with information about Bell is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit at (850) 436-9580 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.

Pictured top: Investigators pumped and searched a septic tank at this home on Cedar Tree Lane in Cantonment in October 2010 in the case of missing teen Danielle Arion Bell. Pictured below: A search and rescue K-9 team was also on site. Pictured bottom: A septic tank company employee prepares to pump a septic tank at the home. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.

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One Response to “Friends, Family Remember Missing Teen Danielle Bell”

  1. Molino Mom on October 4th, 2011 2:20 pm

    I feel so sorry for this family…having to live with all the questions for the past 10 years. I hope and pray one day Danielle is found so this family can have some peace in their lives again!!

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