Police officials in Milwaukee are asking the public’s help in locating an 11-year-old girl who has gone missing.
The Wisconsin city’s police department said in a statement on Friday, Sept. 20 that people should be on the lookout for Makyla Harris, who was last seen near 1st Street and Meinecke Avenue at 2:15 p.m. on Thursday.
The missing girl was described as 5-foot-2, 115 pounds, and having a medium build.
She has brown medium-length hair, brown eyes, and a light complexion.
She was last seen wearing yellow neon shirts, a rainbow tie-dyed shirt, and yellow Croc shoes.
No other information was immediately available.
Anyone with information regarding Makyla was asked to call the Milwaukee Police Department’s Sensitive Crimes Division at 414-935-7045.
Missing Children in Wisconsin
Some 48 children who have gone missing over the years remain missing in Wisconsin, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.The most recent missing child from Wisconsin listed on the group’s website is Jaayd Roquemore, a 16-year-old who went missing from Madison on Sept. 11.
Fifteen other children have gone missing in the state this year and have not been found as of yet.
Nationwide, there is 16,660 open missing person cases.
The number of reports of missing children and missing persons in total dropped last year to the lowest in decades.
Most of the missing children are runaways between 13 and 17, he said.
“A lot of these children now have, frankly, cellphones or smartphones. They’re also using social media. … The point being that parents are able to find their children themselves much quicker than they had been, before they have to engage law enforcement.”
