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Wakefield: Police Appeal for Help Locating 71-Year-Old Woman Reported Missing

HENRIETTA SMITH, 71, OF 4416 Edson Avenue in Wakefield is reported missing, police said. 
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The NYPD is seeking the public’s help locating a 71-year-old woman reported missing from Wakefield.

 

Police said that Henrietta Smith, 71, of 4416 Edson Avenue in The Bronx was last seen on Thursday, Aug. 15, at around 12.30 in the afternoon leaving her home. They said she is described as female, Black, is around 4 feet, 11 inches tall, weighs around 120 pounds, has a slim build and a medium complexion. They said she was last seen wearing a brown t-shirt, dark-colored sweatpants, and yellow sneakers.

 

Anyone with information in regard 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 Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

 

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