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Coney Island Preteen Missing For Second Time In A Year

Rachel Silberstein

Jun 27, 2016 — 1 min read

Police are searching for a 12-year-old Coney Island girl who is missing for the second time in eight months.

Cynthia Rolon was last seen on Wednesday, June 22, at approximately 5am, at her 2926 West 25th Street apartment, according to police. She is described as Hispanic, 5 feet tall, 120 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair; last seen wearing a black shirt and black shorts.

Rolon also disappeared for at least a week on November 9, 2015. Police sources told us she is a “chronic runaway.”

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

Correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled Rolon’s last name.

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