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Young Manhattan boy vanishes while shopping with his dad in Flushing: NYPD

Nov. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry

Police from the 109th Precinct are searching for a 7-year-old Manhattan boy who was reported missing while shopping with his father in Flushing on Sunday evening.

Daniel Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez was last seen leaving the Nike store inside the Shops at Skyview, located at 40-24 College Point Blvd. in Flushing, at around 7:19 p.m. on Nov. 19, according to the NYPD.

The young boy is approximately 4 feet, 2 inches tall and 60 pounds, with brown hair and black hair. He was last seen wearing gray jeans, a black winter coat with a white fur-lined hood and blue sneakers.

Police are mindful of a gathering storm that will bring strong winds and heavy rain to the borough during the evening hours of Tuesday.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

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