Shaiann Lightfoot was 16 when she was last seen in the Bronx on February 21, 2020. She is described as Black/African American, five feet eleven inches tall, about 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. The initial missing person report was filed the same day and listed her as a chronic runaway; her potential destination was unknown.

The New York City Police Department’s Missing Persons Squad is handling the investigation. Details about what Shaiann was wearing or who she might have been with at the time are not available, and the absence of those specifics has complicated efforts to locate her. The case was entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System in August 2020 and remains open.

If anyone has information about Shaiann’s whereabouts or recalls seeing her after February 21, 2020, please contact the NYPD Missing Persons Squad.