According to the app, at 11.09 p.m., police reportedly requested a specialized unit to the vicinity to assist with the search. At 11.20 p.m., the app reported that citizen app user, goyarice, circulated a video showing a photo of the girl, and said it could not confirm if the photo was video of the photo of the girl was valid or not.

 

At 11.21 p.m., Citizen user, Alex27480 posted a video showing a police vehicle at the scene. At 11.41 p.m., Citizen reported that the police had requested an aviation unit, a helicopter, to search the vicinity for the girl.

 

Norwood News contacted the official press office for the NYPD to check if an official report was available and was advised the office did not have anything on file for the 52nd precinct, which covers the Norwood district, at that time, but that it was possible the precinct may have been responding directly to the incident, and to check back later.

 

The video uploaded to the Citizen’s app can be viewed here.

 

At 2.23 a.m., on Thursday, Dec. 3, Citizen reported that the police reported that they did not find the girl, and were ending their search for the time being.

 

At 2.44 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3, Citizen reported that police received an updated clothing description for the girl. She was last seen wearing black tights, black and white, with red, Air Jordan 11 sneakers, and a puffy, gray, Michael Kors jacket. Citizen subsequently reported that the police said her hair is black, and was styled in two pigtails.

 

There was no official report from the NYPD as of the time of publication.

 

At 3.21 a.m., on Thursday, Dec. 3, police officially reported that 10-year-old girl, Leila Arcena, went missing from her residence at 3525 Perry Avenue in Norwood, in the 52nd precinct, at around 23.22 p.m on Wednesday, Dec.2.

 

Police said Leila was not believed to be the victim of a crime, and it was understood she walked out of her residential building intentionally. She is 5 feet, 2 inches tall, is of a medium build, and her clothing description at the time she was last seen was confirmed as grey sweatpants, red T-shirt and red sandals. Her hair was tied in two pigtails.

 

A further official police report was issued at 7.41 on Thursday, Nov. 3. Police appealed to the public for help and said Leila had been last seen on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at approximately 8 p.m. hours inside of her home, at 3525 Perry Avenue. She was described as a female Hispanic, 5 feet, 3 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with a medium build, light complexion and brown hair and eyes. They said she was last seen wearing a puffy silver jacket, black leggings and red and black Jordan sneakers.