Crime & Safety

Long Island City Teenager Goes Missing: Police

Shirley Castellano was last seen leaving her home on Crescent Street on May 27 about 11:30 p.m., the NYPD said.

A 15-year-old girl from Long Island City has been missing since Saturday, police said.
A 15-year-old girl from Long Island City has been missing since Saturday, police said. (Courtesy of the NYPD)

QUEENS — A 15-year-old girl from Long Island City has been missing since Saturday, police said.

Shirley Castellano was last seen leaving her home on Crescent Street on May 27 about 11:30 p.m., the NYPD said.

Castellano is about 5 feet tall, has brown eyes and black hair, and was last seen wearing black shorts, white sandals, a black sweater, and a purple backpack, authorities said.

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Anyone with information in regard to 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.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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