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Belmont: Police Appeal for Help Locating 12-Year-Old Boy Reported Missing

JAYLIN COLON, 12, IS reported missing from Belmont 
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

The New York City Police Department is appealing to the public for help locating a 12-year-old boy from Belmont reported missing on Thursday, Jan. 11.

 

Police said that Jaylin Colon of Cambreleng Avenue by East 187th Street in The Bronx was last seen on Thursday, Jan. 11, at around 7.40 a.m., leaving his home. Police said he is described as Black, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, has a medium complexion, short black hair, and brown eyes. They said he was last seen wearing a black coat, a brown sweater, and multicolored sneakers.

 

Anyone with information regarding 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 Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

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