The NYPD has reported at least eight Bronx teens are still missing in a trend of recent incidents involving missing adolescents in the past month, including (l-r) Myers, Aytch-Epps, Ferreire and McCullough.
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Multiple teenagers from across the Bronx are missing in an alarming trend that has plagued the borough in recent weeks, according to police.
There are currently at least eight Bronx teenagers — in separate cases — who are missing, according to the NYPD. Several other teenagers were reported missing earlier in the month but have since been found.
The latest teenager to go missing is 16-year-old Keon McCullough, a resident of Unionport, who was last seen on Jan. 22. He is currently among the eight missing along with Brithany Yanchapanta, Daquan Myers, Jayda Aytch-Epps, Jasmelyn Ferreir, Jose Ovalie Vasquez, Moises Perez and Javin Rodriguez, who has been missing since Friday, Dec. 22, as previously reported by the Bronx Times.
Yanchapanta, 15, a Quimby Avenue resident within the Castle Hill section of the borough, was last seen on Friday, Jan. 12, at approximately 7 p.m. at her residence. She is described as being approximately 5 feet tall and 110 pounds with a light complexion, brown eyes, long black hair and a slim build.
Meanwhile, Myers, 13, a Bronx River Avenue resident in Clason Point, has been missing since Tuesday, Jan. 16, police said. The teen is described as having light complexion and black hair. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and 120 pounds, according to cops.
Additionally, 15-year-old Aytch-Epps and 13-year-old Jasmelyn Ferreire were separately reported missing on Jan. 19.
Aytch-Epps and Ferreire, both Parkchester residents, were reported missing within an hour of each other. Aytch-Epps was last seen leaving her residence at 9 a.m. on Jan. 19. She is described as having a dark complexion, black hair and brown eyes. She is approximately 5 feet 1 inches tall and around 140 pounds; she was last seen wearing…
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