Crime & Safety

Elderly Woman Goes Missing From Prospect Park Subway Station: PD

The 79-year-old woman, who lives on Eighth Avenue, was last seen at the 15th Street-Prospect Park subway stop earlier this week, cops said.

Xiao-Ping Wu was last seen at the 15th Street-Prospect Park subway stop earlier this week, cops said.
Xiao-Ping Wu was last seen at the 15th Street-Prospect Park subway stop earlier this week, cops said. (NYPD.)

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A missing elderly woman from South Slope was last seen at the Prospect Park subway station, according to police.

Xiao-Ping Wu, 79, was last seen around 8 a.m. on Tuesday at the 15th Street-Prospect Park subway station, police said. She lives a block away from the subway stop on Eighth Avenue, records show.

Wu is 5 feet tall and approximately 100 pounds. She was last seen wearing a striped long-sleeve shirt, gray and white striped pants and red sneakers.

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Police have released a photo of her wearing the same outfit:

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Another photo was also provided:

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Anyone with information in regard to this missing person is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website athttps://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.


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