A Mother’s Plea in the Darkest Hour
Authorities and family members are desperately searching for 16-year-old Gianna Hansen, who vanished from the Kings Grant area of Virginia Beach on November 8, 2025, between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. According to the Virginia Beach Police Department, Gianna was last seen wearing a black hoodie with gold lettering, black leggings, and carrying a backpack. She is described as 5’4” tall, with blonde hair, blue eyes, and weighing approximately 115 pounds.
Her mother, Stephanie Hansen, took to social media with a trembling voice and tearful heart, pleading for help. “Please, if anyone has seen her or knows where she is, contact us. Gianna, if you see this, please come home. We love you and we just want you safe.” Those words have since echoed across the community, touching every parent’s deepest fear.
A Community United by Hope and Heartbreak
Since Gianna’s disappearance, Virginia Beach has come together in ways words can hardly describe. Friends, neighbors, and even strangers have joined hands—printing flyers, walking the streets, checking parks, and sharing her photo online. Schools, teachers, and classmates have turned social media into a digital searchlight, refusing to let her name fade into silence.
Local residents have been urged to check public spaces, parks, and neighborhoods, hoping that a single sighting could bring Gianna home. Candlelight vigils are being organized; prayer circles have begun forming in school gyms and church halls. Every light held high in those vigils represents a community’s determination—and a mother’s hope that refuses to die.
What was once a quiet neighborhood has become a network of compassion. Parents hold their children closer. Teenagers share Gianna’s story across every platform. The heartbreak of one family has become the shared sorrow of many, uniting the city in love and fear for a young girl whose smile once brightened every room she entered.
Holding on to Hope: Bring Gianna Home
Days have turned into nights, and nights into anxious waiting. But amid the heartbreak, there remains hope—a fierce, burning hope that Gianna will be found safe. Her family continues to work closely with authorities, combing through every lead, and asking the public to stay alert.
If you have any information, no matter how small, please contact the Virginia Beach Police Department. One call could change everything.
Gianna’s story reminds us of the fragility of life and the power of love. It’s a call for awareness, compassion, and unity. Somewhere out there, a mother is waiting by the phone, praying for the sound of her daughter’s voice. And until that moment comes, the world will keep searching, hoping, and believing that Gianna Hansen will come home.