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Bedford Park: Police Appeal for Help Locating 17-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing

JAYDAH TORRES, 17, OF 2972 Bainbridge Avenue in Bedford Park is reported missing, police said. 
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The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a 17-year-old girl reported missing from Bedford Park.

 

Police said that Jaydah Torres of 2972 Bainbridge Avenue was last seen on Thursday, Aug. 15, leaving her home at around 6.30 p.m. She is described as female, Hispanic, is 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 149 pounds and was last seen wearing black glasses, a black shirt, black shorts, and white sneakers.

 

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

 

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