{"id":315174,"date":"2026-08-06T13:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315174\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:36:13","slug":"chasity-higgins-12-missing-the-bronx-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315174\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasity Higgins, 12, Missing | The Bronx Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York City Police Department (<a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/guardians-of-the-city-a-comprehensive-look-at-the-nypd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYPD<\/a>) is seeking the public\u2019s assistance in locating the following person, who has been reported missing from, and resides within the confines of the 40th Precinct in <a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/bronx-a-historical-record\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Bronx<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"780\" data-id=\"155989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1000096190.png\" alt=\"Chasity Higgins, 12, Missing\" class=\"wp-image-155989\" title=\"Chasity Higgins, 12, Missing\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details are as follows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Missing:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chasity Higgins<br \/>address withheld<br \/>Bronx, NY 10454<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was reported to police that the missing person was last seen leaving her residence on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at approximately 10:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chasity Higgins is described as a 12-year-old female, Black, approximately 5\u2032 0\u2033 tall, weighing 100 lbs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No clothing description provided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A photograph of the missing is attached and available at DCPI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the\u00a0NYPD\u2018s\u00a0Crime Stoppers hotline at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-800-577-8477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-800-577-8477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2013<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-800-577-8477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">800<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-800-577-8477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2013<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-800-577-8477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">577<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-800-577-8477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2013<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-800-577-8477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TIPS<\/a> (8477) or for Spanish,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-888-57-74782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-888-57-74782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u2013<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-888-57-74782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">888<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-888-57-74782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u2013<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-888-57-74782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">57<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-888-57-74782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u2013<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/chasity-higgins-12-missing\/tel:+1-888-57-74782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">PISTA<\/a> (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the\u00a0Crime Stoppers\u2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">website<\/a> or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All tips will be kept strictly confidential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NYPD.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NYPD-368x460.png\" alt=\"NYPD\" class=\"wp-image-98768\" title=\"Chasity Higgins, 12, Missing\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is seeking the public\u2019s assistance in locating the following person, who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-315174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}