Crime & Safety
20-Year-Old East Elmhurst Man Reported Missing: NYPD
Ruoyang Gao was last seen at home the afternoon of Sunday, March 31, according to police.
EAST ELMHURST, QUEENS — A 20-year-old East Elmhurst man has gone missing, according to police.
Queens resident Ruoyang Gao was last seen on Sunday, March 31, at noon in his East Elmhurst home, according to police. He was reported missing on Monday, police said.
Gao's address, provided by police, is for a dorm at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, but a spokesman for the college could not confirm whether Gao is a Vaughn student due to privacy laws.
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Police said Gao is about 6'4" tall.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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