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Nassau Police Searching For 2 Missing Teenage Girls

Police say the two girls were last seen leaving the Mercy First facility in Syosset together. Do you know where they are?

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Nassau police are searching for 15-year-old Aponte Highsmith​, left, and 14-year-old Jenell Nagamuthu, who were last seen leaving the Mercy First facility in Syosset together on the afternoon of Feb. 27.
Nassau police are searching for 15-year-old Aponte Highsmith​, left, and 14-year-old Jenell Nagamuthu, who were last seen leaving the Mercy First facility in Syosset together on the afternoon of Feb. 27. (Nassau County Police Department)

UPDATE, MARCH 7: Police say they have located both girls.

SYOSSET, NY — Nassau County police are searching for two teenage girls who were last seen leaving the Mercy First facility in Syosset together Sunday afternoon.

Police say 15-year-old Aponte Highsmith and 14-year-old Jenell Nagamuthu were last seen leaving the facility, located at 525 Convent Road, at 1:45 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 27. They were reported missing on Feb. 28.

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Police say Highsmith is a Hispanic girl, 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing about 163 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. Police do not know what she was wearing.

Nagamuthu is a Black girl, 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing about 145 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes. Police do not know what she was wearing.

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Police do not know where the girls may have been heading. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call the Missing Persons Squad at 516-573-7347, or call 911. All callers will remain anonymous.

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