Have you seen 8-year-old Sandra Cantu?

Sandra Cantu, an 8-year-old girl from Tracy, has been missing since Friday night, March 27, 2009.

Sandra is 4 feet tall and weighs 45 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a pink Hello Kitty T-shirt and black leggings. She was reported missing at 7:53 p.m. Friday, and a search was started 15 minutes later.

The Tracy Police Department has set up a mobile command post on West Clover Road as a helicopter searches the area. Sandra was supposed to be at a friend's house in the Orchard Estates mobile home park where she lives, but she wasn't found there. Police searched all night.

The FBI, California Highway Patrol, San Joaquin Sheriff's Office, Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office, Tracy Volunteers in Police Services, Tracy Community Emergency Response Team, Tracy Fire Department and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children are helping in the investigation.

Anyone with information that would be helpful in the investigation is asked to call the Tracy police at 831-4550 or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678.

Sandra is a Jacobson Elementary School second-grader. The search for her hasn't let up. "We're turning over everything we can," Sgt. Tony Sheneman said during a 5 p.m. press conference. "We'll keep going until we find out she's safe."

The eight-year-old is the daughter of Maria Chavez and Danny Cantu. Sgt. Sheneman said there are no indications that the girl has been harmed. Registered sexual offenders who live in the area have been interviewed, and surveillance cameras at the nearby hotels show nothing suspicious.

Danny Cantu, Sandra's father, is believed to be in Mexico, and Sheneman said he isn't considered a kidnapping suspect. "The mother said he hasn't been involved in the family for a long time," he said.

The Tracy CERT team will be coordinating volunteers to help in the search. We will be at the Fire Admin Bldg on Central Ave beginning at 8am on Sunday. These volunteers will be going door to door, handing out fliers. Again, anyone who has information that would be helpful in finding Sandra is asked to call the police department at 831-4550 or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678.