Crime & Safety

Search On For Riverhead Teen Runaway: Police

It's the second time she's gone missing this month, police say.

Have you seen Autumn Tucker?
Have you seen Autumn Tucker? (Riverhead Police Department)

RIVERHEAD, NY — The search is on for a teen missing for the second time this month from the Little Flower Children and Family Services in Wading River, police said.

According to the Riverhead Town Police Department, Autumn Tucker, 14, left the facility on Friday at 12:30 am., and has not returned. Tucker is a female American Indian with a dark complexion, 5-foot, 3-inches tall and 235 lbs., with long ,curly brown hair, and brown eyes, police said. She was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt.

Tucker has run away in the past and no foul play is suspected, police said

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Anyone with any information on her whereabouts is asked to contact the Riverhead Town Police Department at 631-727-4500. All calls will be kept confidential.

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