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16-Year-Old Girl Missing In Riverhead: Police

She may have left in an Uber and have been headed to the Brentwood area, police say.

Alexis Vasquez is missing in Riverhead, police said.
Alexis Vasquez is missing in Riverhead, police said. (Courtesy Riverhead Police.)

WADING RIVER, NY — The search is on for a 16-year-old girl who went missing from Little Flower Children's Services in Wading River, Riverhead Police said.

Alexis Vasquez is Black, 5-feet, 3-inches tall, weighs 130 lbs., with a light complexion, brown eyes, and short brown hair; she last seen wearing black and brown square frame glasses, a red jacket, a black hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, and white-and-pink sneakers, police said.

Alexis left the facility on her own, without permission, as a passenger in a possible Uber vehicle with a possible destination in Brentwood, police said.

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No foul play is suspected, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Riverhead Police Department at 631-727-4500.

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