Authorities Release New Photo Of Missing Bridgeport Girl

BRIDGEPORT, CT — In an effort to shed new light on the nearly 25-year-old case, authorities have released an age-progression photo of Bianca Lebron, a Bridgeport girl who was 10 years old when she disappeared on Nov. 7, 2001.

Lebron was a student at the former Elias Howe School on Clinton Avenue in Bridgeport and was last seen getting into a van near the school on the morning she disappeared.

On Wednesday, Bridgeport police and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which produced the new photo, held a news conference to raise awareness of the case.

Lebron would be 34 years old today, as the photo depicts. See below.

"This family needs closure," said Bridgeport Police Chief Roderick Porter, stressing that the department is committed to solving the case. Porter was a lieutenant in the department at the time. "Hopefully, we'll have positive closure."

— An age-progression photo by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of what Bianca Lebron might look like today at age 34. Lebron, a Bridgeport resident, disappeared at age 10 in November 2001. Photo credit: Bridgeport Police Department

"There’s some hope that Bianca is still alive," said Det. Jeffrey Holtz said. "Bianca Lebron could be the victim of a homicide. She could also be a missing person who is out there and still alive."

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