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Authorities looking for 2 missing people
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Jose Acosta Dominguez

Local law enforcement are searching for two missing individuals in unrelated cases.

Gainesville Police are searching for Jose Acosta Dominguez, who was reported missing on Saturday.

Family members say they have not seen Acosta Dominguez, 32, since May 14, Sgt. Chad Ford with Gainesville Police reported in a news release. He is about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen in the Oconee Springs apartment complex off Springhaven Drive. Neither of his two vehicles are missing, Ford said.

There is no evidence of foul play but Acosta Dominguez did not take any of his personal belongings, Ford said.

The Hall County Sheriff's Office is searching for a juvenile who was last seen May 11.

Porsche Parson, 17, is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs about 220 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes, a pierced right nostril and double-pierced ear lobes, Col. Jeff Strickland with the sheriff's office said in a news release.

She was last seen near the Golden Pantry at the intersection of Tanners Mill Road and Winder Highway.

She has lived in both Jackson and Hall counties, Strickland said.

Parson suffers from seizures and did not take any of her belongings with her, Strickland said.

Those with information about Acosta Dominguez are asked to contact Hall County Communications at 770-534-5251, Gainesville Police tip line at 770-533-5873 or Sgt. Chad Ford at 678-450-5076.

Those with information about Parson are asked to contact the Hall County Sheriff's Office, Criminal Investigations Division, at 770-531-6879 or call 911. The incident remains under investigation by the Hall County Sheriff's Office, Criminal Investigation Division.