Missing Person Alert Issued For 16-Year-Old Girl

MOUNT VERNON, NY — Police are asking for the community's help locating a missing teenage girl.

Kimberley Chavez was last seen in Mount Vernon on October 6, according to a missing person advisory issued by the Mount Vernon Police Department on Wednesday afternoon.

MVPD is circulating a recent photograph of Chavez. She is described as 5'3'' and weighing approximately 105 pounds. The teen was last seen wearing a black sweater, black leggings and white or yellow crocs.

Mount Vernon police are asking anyone with information about the current location of Kimberley Chavez to call them at 914-665-2500 or the local police department if she is spotted elsewhere.