Melrose: Search for Missing 14-Year-Old Girl

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 14-year-old girl who has been reported missing and who lives in Melrose in the 44th precinct,

Yanirzy Murillo, 14-year-old of 3125 Park Avenue, Apt#11B was last seen Friday, Oct. 1, at approximately 6 a.m., inside her home.

She is described as female, approximately 4 feet, 5 inches tall, Hispanic, weighs 100 pounds, has a thin build, a dark complexion, brown eyes with black braided hair. She was last seen wearing a navy blue polo, gray pants, white sneakers, and a black backpack.

Anyone with information regarding this missing person 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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