Crime & Safety

12-Year-Old Girl Goes Missing In Bala Cynwyd

Police said Sydney Blu Garcia-Yao​, 12, left her Bala Cynwyd home sometime Wednesday and are asking for assistance finding her.

BALA CYNWYD, PA – A 12-year-old girl from Bala Cynwyd has gone missing and police in the area are searching for her.

Authorities said Sydney Blu Garcia-Yao, 12, was discovered missing from her home on 100 block of Stoneway Lane in the Bala Cynwyd at about 10:40 a.m. Wednesday.

Garcia-Yao is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds, Lower Merion Police said.

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She left her home between 12:30 a.m. and 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday, according to authorities. Police said they believe she willingly left her residence.

Garcia-Yao has been entered into the National Crime Information Center as a missing juvenile, police said.

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Anyone who has had contact with Garcia-Yao or any information on her whereabouts is urged to call Lower Merion Police Department at (610) 649-1000.

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