10‑year‑old Cake Adeline Bernstein is missing from a DCF‑supervised foster home in Hartford. She has been gone since March 20, 2026, and is currently listed as a missing child by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC Case #2081321).
If you see Cake or have any information, please call the Hartford Police Department at (860) 757‑4000 or NCMEC at 1‑800‑THE‑LOST (1‑800‑843‑5678) and reference Case #2081321.
Connecticut’s child‑welfare system has failed too many times. After the horrific death of Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres‑Garcia, who was never even reported missing despite DCF involvement, lawmakers vowed that no child in state care would ever be “lost” again.
Over 6,000 Connecticut citizens showed up to the Hartford Capitol after the Department of Children Families failed Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia and blamed homeschoolers for their failure to keep track of Mimi.
It would benefit both the Department of Children and Families and Cake’s family to join forces and use every available resource to bring this child home.
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