15-Year-Old Upper West Side Girl Reported Missing Weeks After Disappearance: Police

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Police are searching for a teenage girl who went missing last month after leaving her Upper West Side apartment building.

Stephanie Gonzalez, 15, was last seen leaving an apartment building on Amsterdam Avenue between West 62nd and West 63rd streets on Jan. 27 around 8 a.m., police told Patch. Gonzalez was first reported missing Friday, weeks after her initial disappearance, police said.

Gonzalez stands 5-foot1 and weighs around 110 pounds, police said. The girl has a light complexion, black hair and brown eyes, police said.

When Gonzalez went missing she was wearing a dark green coat, blue jeans and black shoes, according to police.

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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