{"id":323670,"date":"2026-08-18T02:25:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T02:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323670\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T02:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T02:25:55","slug":"8-year-old-boy-vanishes-in-brooklyn-police-ask-the-public-for-help-locating-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323670\/","title":{"rendered":"8-year-old boy vanishes in Brooklyn, police ask the public for help locating him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"623\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5459.jpg\" class=\"crop-top wp-post-image\" alt=\"IMG_5459\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"8-year-old boy vanishes in Brooklyn, police ask the public for help locating him 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking the public\u2019s help in finding a missing 8-year-old boy who disappeared in Brooklyn\u2019s East New York on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking the public\u2019s help in finding a missing 8-year-old boy who disappeared in Brooklyn\u2019s East New York on Monday.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to police sources, little Avery Dejesus left his home near Dumont and Van Siclen Avenues at around 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 17. He has not been seen since.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is described as standing 4 feet and 11 inches tall and approximately 100 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, black shorts, and black sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>While cops say they are combing the area looking for the boy, they are also asking the public to keep a lookout and to notify authorities immediately if he is spotted.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are asking the public\u2019s help in finding a missing 8-year-old boy who disappeared in Brooklyn\u2019s East New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[98,4750,9,24,63,103,104,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-323670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-brooklyn","tag-missing","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323670","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=323670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}