Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Missing Brooklyn Teen Nayza Jones Home Safe, Police Say

The 16-year-old had gone missing near Prospect Park.

Nayza Jones, 16. Photo courtesy of the NYPD

UPDATE: A week after she disappeared, on Jan. 19, Nayza Jones was “found and reunited with family,” according to the NYPD.

Original story below.

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PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN — Police are on the lookout for Nayza Jones, a 16-year-old Brooklyn resident who went missing in the wee hours Wednesday from her home near Prospect Park.

Jones lives in an apartment at 2121 Beekman Place in Prospect Lefferts-Gardens, police said, and was last seen in her building around 4 a.m. Wednesday.

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The girl was wearing a gray hoodie, gray pants and blue sneakers at the time, according to the NYPD.

Anyone with information on Jones’ whereabouts is asked to contact the NYPD at 800-577-TIPS. Tips can also be submitted online or by texting 274637, then entering TIP577.

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