Pelham Parkway: Search for Missing 12-Year-Old Boy Last Seen at Allerton School

By SÍLE MOLONEY

DAMARE CHAPLIN-RIVERS, 12, is reported missing.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating a 12-year-old boy from the Pelham Parkway section of The Bronx who was reported missing on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

It was reported to police that Damare Chaplin-Rivers of 2175 Muliner Avenue in Pelham Parkway was last seen on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at approximately 3.25 p.m. when he was leaving his school, located at 2441 Wallace Avenue in Allerton.

Police said, “It has been confirmed that he did attend school, but did not return home.” They added that Damare is described as 5 feet, 2 inches tall, is Black, weighs 80 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, black sweatpants, black and yellow sneakers and was carrying a grey, red and black backpack.

Anyone with information in regarding 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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.

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