Crime & Safety

Have You Seen Pauvilia Vilmard of Bed-Stuy?

Police say the 74-year-old Bed-Stuy resident has been missing since Saturday.

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BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Police are asking for help in their search for a missing Bed-Stuy senior.

Pauvilia Vilmard, 74, was last seen around noon last Saturday leaving her residence, located at 190 Rockaway Ave, according to the NYPD.

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Detectives described Vilmard as a black woman standing at approximately 5-feet-2-inches tall and weighing 170 pounds. She is said to have moles above both eyes.

Vilmard was last seen wearing a peach-colored V-neck sweater with buttons over a blue-and white-dress, police said, along with a black hat and a black jacket.

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Vilmard speaks Creole, and often hangs out around the Broadway Junction subway station, according to local cops.

Anyone with information on Vilmard's whereabouts can confidentially report it on the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or anonymously call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

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