Crime & Safety

Juana Echevarria, Missing Elderly Bushwick Woman, Found and Safe

The 78-year-old was missing for more than a month.

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — After more than a month since she disappeared, 78-year-old Juana Echevarria who went missing in Bushwick has been found and pronounced safe, cops said. Echevarria, who lives on Willoughby Avenue, went missing on Jan. 21, and she was last seen in front of her home at around 2 p.m., police said. She was described as Hispanic, 4-feet-9-inches tall, 80 pounds, with brown eyes and salt and pepper hair.

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