Crime & Safety

Authorities Search for Missing Middlesex Girl

Pierina Roca, 16, has been missing since March after failing to show up at her Piscataway school.

Police have announced a search for a missing Middlesex Borough girl who has been missing since March 18.

Pierina Roca, 16, was reported missing by her mother after she did not show up for school at Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High School in Piscataway, according to a press release from the Middlesex Borough Police Department.

Roca is described as being 5-feet, 4-inches tall and 120 pounds with brown hair, brown eyes and a medium complexion, according to the release.

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She last was seen wearing blue jeans, a short gray wool jacket and gray boots and was carrying a gray purse, according to the release.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Dan O’Connor of the Middlesex Borough Police Department at (732) 356-1900.

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