'Endangered' Teen, 14, Still Missing, Last Seen Leaving N.J. Shopping Center

Police are looking for an "endangered" teen who was last seen at a New Jersey shopping center.

Desire Colon, 14, has been classified as "endangered at risk" after she was last seen leaving Jersey Gardens in the Elizabeth area, according to reports.

The Missing In America Facebook page says she may be in the Brooklyn area. She was last last seen at around 12:30 p.m. at the Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth on Wednesday, but has not returned home since.

Colon is a 5 foot 9 inches tall woman and weighs about 175 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink and white dress and a blue jeans jacket.

Colon was last seen on security cameras walking over a bridge between Jersey Gardens and the New Jersey Turnpike, according to nj.com.

Colon was dropped off at the shopping center around 11:45 a.m. and was instructed by her mother to meet up with a cousin. They never found each other, according to nj.com, and security cameras show Colon walking around, going up and down an escalator and then walking over the bridge next to hotels.

Anyone with information about Colon has been asked call Elizabeth Police at 908-558-2000 or her mother, Suzanne Santos, at 908-296-3784.