Wakefield: Police Appeal for Help Locating Two Siblings Reported Missing

By SÍLE MOLONEY

YASIN WILLIAMS, 14, OF East 231st Street in Wakefield, located between White Plains Road and Carpenter Avenue, is reported missing, along with his 11-year-old sister, China.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

The NYPD is seeking the public’s help locating two sibling children from Wakefield reported missing on Friday, March 22.

They said China Williams, an 11-year-old girl, who lives on East 231st Street [located between White Plains Road and Carpenter Avenue] and Yasin Williams, her 14-year-old brother, who lives at the same address, were last seen on Thursday, March 21, at around 7.30 p.m. in front of their home.

Police said China is described as Black, is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds, has a dark complexion, a medium build, brown eyes and brown hair. They said she was last seen wearing a black jacket, a blue T-shirt, black sweatpants and black boots.

They said Yasin is also described as Black, is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds, also has a dark complexion, a slim build, brown eyes and brown hair. They said he was last seen wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt, black jeans, and black/orange Jordan sneakers.

Anyone with information regarding these missing people 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.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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