Multiple agencies respond to missing child at Hard Rock Lake Tahoe

STATELINE, Nev. - Deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) responded to the Hard Rock Casino in Stateline at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 10 after they were called about a missing two-year-old girl.

The child's mother had checked into the hotel on Tuesday with her two teenage sons and her daughter. She left the room at 8:00 a.m. to attend a conference being held at the hotel and left the kids sleeping. When she returned at 10:00 a.m. she found the two teens still asleep but her daughter was missing.

Once the patrol deputies broadcasted the circumstances of the missing child, the response to the Hard Rock was massive. The entire DCSO Investigations Division responded as well as the Tri-Net Narcotics Task Force, officers from the South Lake Tahoe Police Department, and deputies from the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office (EDSO). The Search & Rescue Units from both DCSO and EDSO were called out as well as a helicopter from the California Highway Patrol.

A Reverse 911 call was made to all telephone subscribers on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe as well as all telephone subscribers in South Lake Tahoe to notify as many people as possible of the missing girl and her description.

A room to room search was conducted, and luckily the girl was found asleep in an unoccupied hotel room.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office wishes to thank all of the allied agencies that responded to help with the search as well as the entire staff of the Hard Rock Casino.