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Van Nest: Police Appeal in Search for Missing 11-Year-Old Boy

 

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Police have confirmed they are searching for an 11-year-old boy in Van Nest, reported missing at 9.15 a.m. from 1975 Birchall Avenue on Friday, July 23 in the 43rd precinct. The cross street is Sagamore Street.

 

Ervin Williams, 11, was last seen wearing a blue shirt, gray sweatpants, and white sneakers. He was carrying a blue suitcase. He is described as an 11-year-old boy, Black, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.

 

No photo is available. An alert was also posted on the Citizen’s App on Friday morning about the incident.

 

Anyone with information regarding this missing person should 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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

 

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