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Esmeralda “Kit” Mora, 17, has been missing since April 15, according to the Washington State Patrol list released Monday. But according to the Finding Kit Facebook group, Kit hasn’t been seen since November 2021.
Born female, Kit is described on the Facebook page as a non-binary person whom a relative said lived in the Yakima area for years, attending East Valley schools before moving to Omak. The State Patrol missing person flyer has the Omak Police Department, 509-826-0383, as the contact for anyone with information concerning Kit’s whereabouts.
www.yakimaherald.com
Gathered under a picnic shelter Saturday at Moxee Park, family and friends shared memories of Esmeralda “Kit” Mora, 17, an Indigenous teen who is missing from Omak.
“It didn’t matter what it was, Kit loved art and loved to draw,” said Charlotte Groo, Kit’s sister and an organizer of the weekend vigil.
Kit’s skill can be seen in a collection of detailed drawings of animals and fantasy creatures posted to the missing teen’s Facebook page.
Groo described Kit as artistic, creative, optimistic and quiet, “but Kit would say something when it needed to be said.”
Kit, who is nonbinary and Indigenous, is missing from Omak but lived in the Yakima area for years, attending East Valley schools before moving to Omak.
Friends Amythist McCarty and Kayla Shelton met Kit, who uses the pronoun they, at school in Yakima.
“They were my first friend when I moved to Yakima in fourth grade,” Shelton said at the vigil.
“They were my first friend, too,” McCarty chimed in, adding that the friends never argued. “That’s because they’re so sweet.”
Friends and family also described Kit as a strong student, helping others with homework and getting good grades.
“They liked (school), and they were good at it, too,” McCarty said.
After Kit moved to Omak, friends stayed in touch by sending messages and talking, sometimes for hours, over the phone.
“It’s surreal,” McCarty said. “It doesn’t feel like they’re a missing person, it feels like they’ll pick up the phone and call me any second.”
Kit was added to the State Patrol’s most recent list of active cases of missing Indigenous people, and has been missing since April 15, according to the list, but family says Kit hasn’t been seen since November 2021.
www.yakimaherald.com
Born female, Kit is described on the Facebook page as a non-binary person whom a relative said lived in the Yakima area for years, attending East Valley schools before moving to Omak. The State Patrol missing person flyer has the Omak Police Department, 509-826-0383, as the contact for anyone with information concerning Kit’s whereabouts.
Missing Omak teen with ties to Yakima added to WSP's list of missing Indigenous people
A young Indigenous person who is missing from Omak is on the latest Washington State Patrol list missing Indigenous people in Washington.
Gathered under a picnic shelter Saturday at Moxee Park, family and friends shared memories of Esmeralda “Kit” Mora, 17, an Indigenous teen who is missing from Omak.
“It didn’t matter what it was, Kit loved art and loved to draw,” said Charlotte Groo, Kit’s sister and an organizer of the weekend vigil.
Kit’s skill can be seen in a collection of detailed drawings of animals and fantasy creatures posted to the missing teen’s Facebook page.
Groo described Kit as artistic, creative, optimistic and quiet, “but Kit would say something when it needed to be said.”
Kit, who is nonbinary and Indigenous, is missing from Omak but lived in the Yakima area for years, attending East Valley schools before moving to Omak.
Friends Amythist McCarty and Kayla Shelton met Kit, who uses the pronoun they, at school in Yakima.
“They were my first friend when I moved to Yakima in fourth grade,” Shelton said at the vigil.
“They were my first friend, too,” McCarty chimed in, adding that the friends never argued. “That’s because they’re so sweet.”
Friends and family also described Kit as a strong student, helping others with homework and getting good grades.
“They liked (school), and they were good at it, too,” McCarty said.
After Kit moved to Omak, friends stayed in touch by sending messages and talking, sometimes for hours, over the phone.
“It’s surreal,” McCarty said. “It doesn’t feel like they’re a missing person, it feels like they’ll pick up the phone and call me any second.”
Kit was added to the State Patrol’s most recent list of active cases of missing Indigenous people, and has been missing since April 15, according to the list, but family says Kit hasn’t been seen since November 2021.
Family, friends hold vigil for missing Omak teen with ties to Yakima
Gathered under a picnic shelter Saturday at Moxee Park, family and friends shared memories of Esmeralda “Kit” Mora, 17, an Indigenous teen who is missing from Omak.
