Crime & Safety
11-Year-Old Missing From Her Brooklyn Home: NYPD
A young girl from Brownsville was missing a day after being last seen at her home, police said.
BROWNSVILLE, NY — An 11-year-old was still missing a day after she was last seen at her Brownsville home, police said Friday.
Alexa Lawson, 11, was last seen Thursday about 7:30 a.m. at her apartment on Livonia Avenue near Mother Gaston Avenue, according to the NYPD.
Police described Lawson as 4 feet 11 inches tall and about 110 pounds. Police said she was wearing a yellow star backpack.
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