{"id":328883,"date":"2026-08-25T01:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328883\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T01:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:00:36","slug":"nypd-seeks-publics-help-finding-girl-11-missing-from-elmhurst-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328883\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD seeks public&#8217;s help finding girl, 11, missing from Elmhurst, Queens."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/nyc\/\" title=\"Navigate to NYC News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYC News<\/a>Published: Aug. 23, 2026, 8:35 p.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Missing 11-year-old Queens\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AV6S5ZSRDJAY3GC7OHNM6IOZEA.jpeg\"  \/>Safwana Zaman, 11, is described as about 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, gray pants and black shoes.(NYPD)Set as Google Preferred Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5U5STPUCVZFWTLU4SHGT34SSF4\">The NYPD is asking for the public\u2019s assistance in locating an 11-year-old girl who was reported missing from the East Elmhurst section of Queens on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5PO275G3EZHTPESZCYQHYACFZA\">Safwana Zaman was last seen at her home in the vicinity 77th Street at about 7 a.m., according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JU2YJKRWNZFGBHD7LQCXVB22XA\">Zaman is described as about 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, gray pants and black shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"35M3QVMPS5HNDFOTQHWTWDRVNQ\">Ther NYPD has released a photo of Zamana and urges anyone with information about her whereabouts to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Spanish speakers can call 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2KUYKV3VCFDJJIYGH6XCIFEPJM\">The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, or on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PSDDT3OGEZHSDC4ZXJM4LPWTQE\">All calls are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n<p>Scott R. Axelrod is a breaking news reporter for the Staten Island Advance\/SILive.com, covering crime, public safety, community issues and the people who make Staten Island one of New York City&#8217;s most&#8230; more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NYC NewsPublished: Aug. 23, 2026, 8:35 p.m.Safwana Zaman, 11, is described as about 5 feet, 4 inches tall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-328883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328883","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=328883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}