A Florida girl was last seen on a bus with her mom in June. Now the mom is in jail as police investigate her disappearance

(CNN) — Gordon Terrelonge says it has been more than six months since he has seen or heard from his 10-year-old daughter, Gabrielle Terrelonge.

He lost touch with Gabrielle and her mom, Passha Davis, this past spring after a dispute with Davis in Kissimmee, Florida, but said he expected his family would eventually reunite.

However, when Terrelonge discovered in online jail records in late October that Davis had been arrested in the South Florida city of Margate, he contacted Margate police to ask who was caring for Gabrielle.

It was then, Gordon Terrelonge says, that he and police learned at the same time: Gabrielle was missing.

“My life has been hell,” Terrelonge told CNN this week. “This is the longest I’ve gone without seeing her.”

Gabrielle was not with Davis when the mom, after