Van Nest: Search for Missing 63-Year-Old Woman, Last Seen in October

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts of Laura Zippo, 63, who was reported missing on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 in the 49th precinct.

Zippo, of 516 Morris Park Avenue in the Van Nest section of the Bronx, was last seen inside her home on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020 at around noon. She is described as female, White, approximately 5 feet tall, weighs 100 pounds, has a thin build, light complexion, brown eyes, brown hair and was last seen wearing a white night gown and eyeglasses.

A photo of Zippo is attached and available at the NYPD.

Anyone with information in regards to 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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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