Photo courtesy of the NYPD
The NYPD is appealing to the public for help locating a 64-year-old woman from the Van Cortlandt Village section of The Bronx who is reported missing.
Police said Carla Kelley of 66 Van Cortlandt Park South, Bronx was last seen leaving her home on Friday, June 5, at around 6 p.m. They said she’s described as female, Black, is around 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs around 180 pounds and was last seen wearing a brown skirt and a multi-colored head scarf.
As reported, a 63-year-old woman was also recently reported missing from Wakefield, a 12-year-old boy was recently reported missing from Fordham Manor, while police are also appealing to the public to find the parents of an young boy who was found unaccompanied in the Van Nest / West Farms sections of The Bronx.
On Thursday, June 4, a coroner in Pennsylvania identified the 1992 Jane Doe as a missing Bronx woman through forensic genetics.
Anyone with information regarding 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 https://crimestoppers.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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