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The NYPD is seeking the public’s help locating a 14-year-old girl reported missing from the Norwood section of The Bronx.
Police said Amelia Cruz of Decatur Avenue was last seen leaving 3016 Webster Avenue also in Norwood (the address of the 52nd Precinct) on Tuesday, June 3, at around 1 p.m. They said she is described as female, Black, is around 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. They said she was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, blue jean shorts, and black sneakers.
Amelia was previously reported missing in October 2024, as reported.
Separate from this incident, as reported, five teenage girls from a Castle Hill group home have also been reported missing, as have a number of other people from Norwood, Bedford Park, Kingsbridge Heights, University Heights, and Williamsbridge in recent weeks. Click here, here here, here, and here for more details.
Additionally, as reported, several media outlets have reported that the body of a missing 2-year-old boy from the South Bronx was found in the East River in recent days and that the little boy’s father has since been arrested and charged in connection with his death.
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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