Missing: 19-year-old woman near Portales
Description
I'm Priya Patel, posting because my sister, Lila Ramirez, 19, went missing yesterday around 6:30pm. She was last seen leaving the Portales Walmart on West 18th Street, wearing a gray hoodie, light blue tee, dark jeans, and white sneakers, with a black backpack that has a red zipper. She's about 5'4" with shoulder-length dark brown hair, light brown skin, and a small sun tattoo on the inner left wrist plus a silver hoop in her left ear—she's easy to identify if you've seen her. We're really worried and really need any information; if you've seen her or know anything, please email me at [email protected].
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