Missing Sisters Last Seen With Non-Custodial Mother During Court-Ordered Visit, Cops Say [Updated]
Police are searching for two young girls who disappeared Saturday after their foster parents dropped them off for a court-ordered visit with their biological mother.
Sisters Tiye Macon, 2, and Destiny McCoy, 3, who live with their foster parents in Bergen Beach, were last seen at 10am at the corner of Pennslyvania Avenue and Sutter Avenue, where they were handed over to their biological mother, according to authorities. The mother was supposed to return the girls at 3pm but was never seen or hear from. Cops said the whereabouts of the two girls and their mother are still unknown.
Macon was last seen wearing a navy blue jacket, a blue t-shirt and blue jeans. Her sister was wearing a white jacket, white t-shirt and black slacks, according to police.
Police provided photographs of the missing girls.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.
Update [September 29, 9:15pm]: Both children and their mother have been found and are safe, the NYPD says.