Police officers from Sucha Beskidzka and firefighters have successfully concluded an intensive search for 13-year-old Karolina Jarzębak, a ward of the Social Welfare Home in Jordanów. The girl, who is non-verbal, left the facility on Monday afternoon. After several hours of large-scale operations, the services announced that the teenager was found safe and sound. Simultaneously, Polish police are searching for other teenagers in Gdańsk and Kartuzy.

Karolina from Jordanów Found

The 13-year-old ward of a Social Welfare Home, who does not communicate verbally, was found safe and sound after several hours of searching.

Thwarted Abduction of 11-Year-Old Boy

The Border Guard stopped a coach in Korczowa with which the grandmother was trying to take her grandson to Ukraine against the mother's will.

Searches in Gdańsk and Kartuzy

Police are still searching for 16-year-old Evelina and 16-year-old Franciszek, who went missing last weekend in Pomerania.

On Monday, February 23, emergency services in the Małopolskie Voivodeship were put on high alert following a report of the disappearance of 13-year-old Karolina Jarzębak. The teenager, a ward of the city's Social Welfare Home in Jordanów, left her place of residence around 2:30 PM. The situation was particularly alarming because the girl does not communicate verbally, although she responds to her name. Numerous police forces from Sucha Beskidzka and firefighting units were involved in the operation. The search operation ended successfully before 8:30 PM, when police officially confirmed the thirteen-year-old had been found. The girl was placed under medical and guardian care, and her life is not in danger. Simultaneously, other search operations are ongoing in the north of the country. Officers in Gdańsk are searching for 16-year-old Evelina Liakhovetska, who went missing on Saturday in Ujeścisko. Meanwhile, police in Kartuzy are trying to establish the whereabouts of 16-year-old Franciszek Macholla, who has not been in contact with his family since Friday evening. In Poland, police record approximately 13-15 thousand missing persons cases annually, a significant percentage of which are teenagers aged 13-17. Most cases are resolved within the first 48 hours of being reported.It is also worth noting the success of the services in the Opole region, where a parental abduction of 11-year-old Dmytro Kushnir was thwarted. The boy was stopped by the Border Guard in Korczowa when his grandmother tried to take him to Ukraine by coach without his mother's consent. „Zaginiona została odnaleziona. Jest cała i zdrowa.” (The missing person has been found. She is safe and sound.) — Sucha Beskidzka County Police Headquarters The services remind that in the case of a disappearance, time is crucial, and myths about the necessity of waiting 24 or 48 hours before reporting are false. Any information about the whereabouts of sought individuals, as in the case of Franciszek from Kartuzy or Evelina from Gdańsk, should be immediately reported to the emergency number 112.

Mentioned People

  • Karolina Jarzębak — 13-year-old missing and found ward of a Social Welfare Home in Jordanów
  • Evelina Liakhovetska — 16-year-old girl being sought by police in Gdańsk
  • Franciszek Macholla — 16-year-old resident of Kartuzy sought since Friday
  • Dmytro Kushnir — 11-year-old boy whose abduction was thwarted at the border