BRADENTON, Fla. - A statewide Missing Child Alert was issued for a 17-year-old Bradenton girl last seen in the 1800 block of Martin Luther King Avenue East, investigators said.

What we know:

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Gisselle Diaz-Maldonado, 17, was last seen five days ago, October 16. She may be with a black male, traveling in a black Honda two-door vehicle to the Oakland Park area, which is in Broward County, according to authorities.

Diaz-Maldonado is described as a white-hispanic female who is five feet four inches tall and 240 pounds, FDLE said. She also has black hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a purple shirt and black and white ripped jeans.

The case was upgraded to a Missing Child Alert due to an "ongoing investigation," officials said.

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