{"id":374470,"date":"2026-10-16T03:16:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374470\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T03:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:16:42","slug":"nypd-seeks-help-locating-missing-queens-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374470\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD seeks help locating missing Queens teen"},"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: Oct. 14, 2026, 8:39 p.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Missing boy, 17, Queens\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A6PZLOH245FW5BWI6WYHXYGERY.jpg\"  \/>The NYPD released this photo of David Che, 17, who was reported missing after leaving his Forest Hills home on Sept. 9, 2026.(NYPD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5AY2HUBDZ5GJ7IDW52APMMYA7M\">The NYPD is asking for the public\u2019s help locating a missing 17-year-old boy who was last seen leaving his home in the Forest Hills section of Queens, on Sept. 9, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RYOLR3MAZNEG7DOTYUAU6UHD3M\">David Che was reported missing after leaving his residence in the vicinity of Austin Street at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QHKC45S4GFAGRI4SGHVH7YSRNY\">Che is described as being 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds. Police did not provide a description of the clothing he was wearing when he was last seen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SMJHXTWNIVFD7C5FLXQHNKWUNM\">Anyone with information about Che\u2019s whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Spanish-speaking callers can call 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LRQVH3VASNGDNOI3CCXBRS4HIA\">Tips can also be submitted online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a> or through X at @NYPDTips. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5HWX26PI2ZDFLPTDP7SLWCOZQY\">All calls are 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: Oct. 14, 2026, 8:39 p.m.The NYPD released this photo of David Che, 17, who was reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-374470","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\/374470","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=374470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}