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Soundview: Search for Missing 16-Year-Old Girl

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Shirley Lawson, 16, reported missing in 43rd precinct, which covers Westchester Avenue, Castle Hill Avenue, White Plains Road, and Parkchester. A photograph of Shirley is attached.

 

She was last seen on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, at around 11 a.m., inside her home at 1153 Commonwealth Avenue in the Soundview section of the Bronx.

 

Shirley is described as female, Hispanic, 5 feet, 3 inches tall, weighs 90 pounds, and was last seen wearing all dark clothing.

 

Anyone with information in regards 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 CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

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