On the morning of October 21, 2021, 10-year-old Qadr Williams was last seen by her foster mother at about 7:45 a.m. on the 300 block of Glen Echo Road in Philadelphia. She was expected at Henry Houston Elementary School in Mount Airy but never arrived. At the time she went missing she was described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 125 pounds, with black hair in braids or locs and brown eyes. She was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, a black shirt, black pants and black sneakers, and carrying a backpack.

Philadelphia police opened an investigation and the case was entered into national missing persons databases. Authorities did not issue an Amber Alert, saying she was not believed to be in imminent danger. Investigators have said the leading theory is family abduction and have considered that she may have been taken out of Pennsylvania, possibly to the Bowie, Maryland area. The FBI later joined the search and community volunteers canvassed the school route and distributed flyers.

If anyone has information about Qadr’s whereabouts or saw her on the morning of October 21, 2021, please share what you know with investigators.