Missing alert: Tavares police, DCF search for woman & her 3 children

Tavares police, DCF search for missing woman & 3 children Police said there is a custody order from the Department of Children and Families for the children. (Tavares Police Department /Tavares Police Department)

By Brittany Caldwell

TAVARES, Fla. — Tavares police and the Department for Children and Families are looking for a woman and her three children.

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Police said Mirella Mendez Pagan is missing and has her three children with her.

Law enforcement has an active order from DCF to take the children into custody.

The children are Azirel Mendez, Xamiel Mendez and Armani Mendez Pagan.

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The Tavares Police Department said detectives do not believe the mother would harm the children.

Investigators said Pagan was driving a red Nissan Versa Note with the Florida license plate “CG30YW.”

The vehicle was last seen in the Clermont area on Sunday from license plate readers, police said.

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If you have any information about this missing persons case, call the Tavares Police Department at 352-343-2101 or the Department of Children and Families at 352-742-6330.

See photos below:

Missing alert: Tavares police, DCF search for woman & her 3 children Police said Mirella Mendez Pagan is missing and has her three children with her. (Tavares Police Department /Tavares Police Department)

Woman, three children are missing out of Tavares This is the red Nissan Versa Note with Florida license plate "CG30YW," which Pagan was driving. (Tavares Police Department /Tavares Police Department)

Woman, three children are missing out of Tavares Tavares police and the Department for Children and Families are looking for a woman and her three children. Mirella Mendez Pagan. (Tavares Police Department /Tavares Police Department)

Woman, three children are missing out of Tavares (Tavares Police Department /Tavares Police Department)

Woman, three children are missing out of Tavares Tavares police and the Department for Children and Families are looking for a woman and her three children. Seen here is Azirel and Xamiel Mendez. (Tavares Police Department /Tavares Police Department)

Tavares police, DCF search for missing woman & 3 children Police said there is a custody order from the Department of Children and Families for the children. (Tavares Police Department /Tavares Police Department)

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