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Teen Sisters Missing From Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Alicia and Kimberly Torres-Ruiz disappeared Sunday night from their home on 52nd Street, police say.

Pictured, from left: Alicia Torres-Ruiz, 14, and Kimberly Torres-Ruiz, 16. Photos courtesy of the NYPD
SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — Police are searching for a pair of teen sisters who disappeared from their family apartment at 506 52nd St. in Sunset Park late Sunday night.
Alicia and Kimberly Torres-Ruiz — aged 14 and 16, respectively — were last seen around 11 p.m. inside the apartment, according to the NYPD.
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Alicia, the younger sister, is described by police as approximately 5-feet-4-inches tall with brown eyes and brown hair.
Her older sister Kimberly is described as approximately 5-feet-6-inches tall, also with brown eyes and brown hair.
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The girls previously went missing on Oct. 30 of last year. Back then, their big sister posted on Instagram that they were last seen leaving a Rite Aid in Bay Ridge. The two girls were located a few days later, on Nov. 2, according to their big sister. "Such a stressful couple of days," she wrote. "Want to kill them but too happy they are home!"
Anyone with information regarding the Torres-Ruiz sisters' whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS. For Spanish, call 1-888-57-PISTA.
Tips can also be submitted online or by texting 274637, then entering TIP577.
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