Staten Island Woman Goes Missing During Visit To Dyker Heights Christmas Lights [Update: Found]

Police are looking for a Staten Island woman who got separated from her family by the crowds during a trip to see Dyker Heights’ famed Christmas displays Saturday evening.

Roxanne Avallone, 53, was last seen near 84th Street and 11th Avenue at around 8pm and is still missing as of Monday morning, cops say.

Avallone is approximately 5 feet 3 inches tall, 180 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. She was last seen wearing a black nylon jacket, light blue sweatshirt, black leggings, white sneakers, and was carrying a beige pocketbook.

The Staten Island Advance reports that the woman suffers from depression, but that the family did not notice anything unusual about her that night.

Anyone with information regarding these incidents 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 [1pm]: Police have confirmed that Avallone has been found.