Ariyah Garcia-Smith, a 13-year-old from Stapleton Heights, New York, was last seen June 1, 2024. She is described as 5 feet 5 inches, about 100 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. At the time she went missing she was wearing a yellow shirt, camouflage shorts, and black Crocs.

Family members say Ariyah had been groomed online by an older man for more than a year; her mother, Lateefah Smith, learned of that when she heard a man laughing while Ariyah was talking to someone late at night. Ariyah’s phone last pinged about a mile from their former home in Mariners Harbor. Despite extensive searches, nightly ferry rides by her mother, public appeals and neighborhood efforts, Ariyah remains missing and the NYPD continues to investigate.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline. If anyone knew Ariyah’s movements on or after June 1, or saw anything in Mariners Harbor or Stapleton Heights that could help, please come forward.