The mother of a 10-year-old girl who went missing from South Florida months ago has been arrested again as the search continues for the child, jail records showed.
Passha Bianca Davis, 34, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of child neglect without great bodily harm by Margate Police, Broward jail records showed.
The arrest comes amid the search for Davis’ daughter, 10-year-old Gabrielle Patricia Terrelonge, who hasn’t been seen in months.
Davis and Terrelonge were last seen together at a Walmart in Hollywood back in June, and her father reported her missing Oct. 29.
The FBI, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Margate Police are searching for the girl.
Margate Police arrested Davis back on Oct. 17 for allegedly shoplifting at a Dollar Tree Store. While Davis was in jail, Terrelonge’s father, who lives in Central Florida, reported her missing.
Davis appeared before a Broward judge on Wednesday who asked about the whereabouts of Terrelonge.
“Am I to understand that allegedly she doesn’t know where the child is?” the judge asked.
“Your honor, what’s understood is she hasn’t said anything, it’s not known if that’s actually accurate, she’s hasn’t given any piece of information about the last time she saw the child, anything,” a prosecutor replied
“And despite different law enforcement agencies trying to find the child, nobody is able to find the child?” the judge said.
The FBI seeks the public’s assistance in locating missing 10-year-old Gabrielle Patricia Terrelonge. She was reported missing in late October of 2025, after it was discovered that the girl's mother had been incarcerated in Florida. Law enforcement authorities are seeking any… pic.twitter.com/s1OsqOgBQ9
— FBI Most Wanted (@FBIMostWanted) November 4, 2025
“You honor, my understanding as of now, including the FBI, the child is still missing,” the prosecutor responded.
Davis’ attorney didn’t speak about the child’s whereabouts but said she’s innocent of the child neglect charge. He added that she’s unemployed but looking for work.
The judge set her bond at $100,000.
“I fear that someone has taken her or she’s given her to someone that she doesn’t know,” Terrelonge’s aunt, who is Davis’ sister-in-law, told NBC6 in a phone interview Tuesday.
The aunt said Davis has mental health issues and is frequently homeless. She said she tracked them down last year and took photos of Terrelonge sleeping on a cardboard mat at 3:30 a.m. in an alleyway next to Mr. D’s Pizza in Plantation.
Workers at the pizza shop said they had seen the mother and daughter there before but not in many months.
The aunt said she previously tried and failed to gain custody of her niece, citing the erratic behavior of Davis.
“Her mother does not trust Gabby with anyone, and so that is the most alarming, scary part of this whole situation, she’s in jail for over 10 days and we have no idea where Gabby would be,” she said. “I feel very powerless, I feel angry because I know that it would happen, things were not getting progressively better, they were progressively getting worse.”
At one point, the aunt said, Davis was Baker Acted in St. Lucie County, she refused to live in the aunt’s house or let Terrelonge stay there, and she disappeared with the girl.
🚨PLEASE SHARE🚨 – A Florida MISSING CHILD Alert has been issued for Gabrielle Terrelonge, a black female, 10 years old, 4 feet 8 inches tall, 100 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes, last seen in the area of Hollywood, Florida, who was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, black long… pic.twitter.com/uhHCUGdn29
— FDLE (@fdlepio) November 4, 2025
Anyone who has seen Terrelonge is asked to call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or law enforcement.
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