3 East Harlem Children Go Missing Within 2 Days: Police

EAST HARLEM, NY — Three East Harlem children have been reported missing since Wednesday, police told Patch. Two of the children have returned home, police said, but one is still reported missing.

Ashley Gracia, 13, Matthew Phelan, 13, and Alexander Ramirez, 12, all went missing from their East Harlem homes in a span of two days, but a police spokeswoman told Patch there is no reason to believe the cases are connected.

Gracia and Phelan returned home Friday, police told Patch.

"These are missing cases, not abductions," the spokeswoman said.

Ramirez was last seen Thursday around 6:30 p.m. at his home on the 1800 block of Lexington Avenue, police told Patch. The boy was wearing a gray jacket, tan pants and turquoise sneakers when he went missing, police said.

Ramirez is described as standing 5-foot-3, weighing 110 pounds and having brown eyes and brown hair, police said.

Gracia, was last seen at her home on the 300 block of East 100th Street around 5 p.m. Wednesday, police told Patch. Gracia was wearing a gray hoodie, gray leggings and gray sneakers when she went missing, police said.

Police describe Gracia (pictured below) as standing 5-foot-4 and weighing around 130 pounds.

Phelan was last seen at his home on the 400 block of East 105th Street around 2 p.m. Wednesday, police said. The boy was wearing a red T-shirt when he went missing, police told Patch.

Phelan is described as standing 5-foot-5 and weighing 130 pounds, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.

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