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Van Cortlandt Village: Search for 75-Year-Old Missing Woman from Residential Medical Facility

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance locating a 75-year-old woman reported missing from the vicinity of Van Cortlandt Village and Kingsbridge Heights, located in the 50th precinct.

 

It was reported to police that Iris Vega was last seen on Wednesday, June 1, at approximately 3.40 p.m., leaving a residential medical facility located at 3400 Cannon Place. She is described as female, is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, Hispanic, weighs around 140 pounds, and has gray hair. She was last seen wearing a white hospital gown and she was using a walker.

 

Anyone with information 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 anonymously by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

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