Weeks after a 16-year-old girl went missing on the Caribbean island of Dominica, her loved ones are stepping up public appeals for information as fear for her safety grows steadily. Jerbia Paul was last spotted by members of the public on Friday, July 24, 2026, in the Georgetown district of Glanvilles, the location where she was documented to have been seen before her disappearance.
Since her disappearance was officially reported, both local law enforcement officers and Paul’s immediate family members have launched coordinated ground searches across the area surrounding her last confirmed location. Despite these exhaustive efforts, investigators and relatives have not turned up any concrete clues that would reveal where the teenager is currently located.
To help generate new leads from the public, Paul’s family has released a detailed physical description of the teen to help members of the public recognize her. She stands approximately 5 feet 3 inches tall, was wearing a dark blue short-sleeved shirt at the time she was last seen, and her hair was styled in a voluminous puff that matches widely shared photos being circulated online.
Relatives have launched a grassroots outreach campaign, sharing Paul’s missing person information across social media platforms and posting printed flyers throughout neighboring communities in an effort to reach as many people as possible. They stress that even the smallest piece of information, which might seem unimportant to the person holding it, could make a critical difference in moving the police investigation forward and helping locate Jerbia.
As the search enters its second week, Paul’s family is holding onto cautious hope that she will be returned home safely, and is urging anyone who may have seen a person matching her description in recent days to share that information immediately with local police authorities. They also ask that community members continue sharing the missing person appeal to expand its reach to more potential witnesses.