GUARDIAN OF THE MISSING
Where are they?
LINA SADAR KHIL
Missing from San Antonio, TX
ABDUCTED
Lina Sardar Khil was last seen on the afternoon of December 20, 2021, at a playground at an apartment complex (Villas Del Cabo) located in vicinity of the 9400 block of Fredericksburg Road in San Antonio, Texas. She was last seen wearing a black jacket, a red dress, and black shoes.  Lina has straight, shoulder-length hair.
ABDUCTION?
WHERE IS LINA?
Lina was last seen around 4:30 p.m. & 5:10 p.m., according to Law Enforcement. She was out of sight from her mother for an unknown amount of time before the mother realized Lina was nowhere to be found. The girl father, Riaz Sadar Khil, said at first, they believed that their daughter could be with another Afghan family in the community but now they believe she may have been abducted.
THE SEARCH
Lina’s disappearance filled her community with sadness and fear and elicited an outpouring of support from near and far. San Antonio police, the FBI, nonprofit groups and many volunteers have searched for the girl. The FBI sent an elite team of divers to look in the shallow, murky waters of a creek not far from Lina’s home. Rewards totaling $150,000 have been offered for information that leads to her discovery.
GET TO KNOW LINA
Lina is a playful girl who’s happy living at Villas del Cabo, her father said. She enjoys YouTube videos and playing with her younger brother, Qadar, who will soon be 2 years old.
Her favorite food is chicken in all its forms, her father said. And she loves lollipops, which she shares with friends who visit for playtime. Lina can also be shy, and she’s mindful of her parents, staying close to them and following their examples,
Lina’s mother told police it was cold, so she put black jackets on Lina and her brother before they went outside, said Lawang Mangal, a family friend serving as an interpreter.
At one point, Lina brought a water bottle to her mother to open before she continued playing.
The playground is a small, square, fenced-in area next to a soccer court and an elevated pavilion with a wood canopy. Three side-by-side stainless-steel barbecue pits stand on an elevated concrete portion of the pavilion next to trees and a parking lot. Part of the black chain-link fence around the playground appears to have been forced down some time ago.
Lina was running up and down some stairs with other children when she went past the pavilion and into the parking lot near a large tree. The apartment building blocked her mother’s line of sight, Mangal said, but she expected Lina to emerge from the other side as she had many times before. When Lina did not reappear, her mother went to find her.
There was no sign of her.
"If you know something, say something"
JENNIFER COFINDAFFER
A FORMER FBI AGENT
Believes that LE has specifics knowledge as to what happened to Lina.