Police Ask Help Finding 3 Runaway Teens In Riverhead

RIVERHEAD, NY — The search is on for three runaway teen girls who went missing in Baiting Hollow and may be in Nassau County, police said. The Riverhead Police Department is asking the public's help finding the girls, who went missing from Timothy Hill Children's Ranch in Riverhead.

On Tuesday at 9:40 p.m., a report was made to police indicating the three teenagers left the facility without permission and were seen getting into a white BMW in the vicinity of Sound Avenue and Osborne Avenue in Baiting Hollow, police said. No foul play was suspected.

The three girls were identified as:

• Vanessa D'Angelo, 16, who is 5 feet 3 inches and 115 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, black leggings, and teal-colored Jordan sneakers.
• Jocelyn Lentino, 16, who is Hispanic and 5 feet 4 inches and 130 pounds. She has blond, curly hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing a pink hoodie and light blue jeans.
• Nyeisha Dow, 16, who is 5 feet 6 inches and 120 pounds, with black hair in cornrows and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black-and-white long sleeved shirt, blue jeans and black, white and green sneakers.

Anyone with information on the girls' whereabouts is asked to contact their local police department or the Riverhead Police Department at 631-727-4500.