A FOUR-year-old girl found wandering the streets of New York City by herself after midnight, STILL hasn’t been claimed by her family after three days, police say.
The young girl, who told police her name is Sidaya, was picked up by NYPD officers just after 12am Saturday, from a street corner in the Bronx.
Officials said on Monday that the girl’s parents or guardians still had not been located; despite police having issued multiple alerts on social media.
The girl was being looked after by the city’s Administration for Children’s Services while the hunt for her family continued, the Daily Mail reported.
Sidaya was taken to hospital for an evaluation after she was picked up by police, and was found to be in good health.
Surveillance video footage released by police showed Sidaya walking with a woman on Saturday night, around 10 minutes before she was spotted and picked up by officers.
The woman can be seen crossing a street, before looking back at the young girl following several yards behind her.
She stops in her tracks and waits for the girl to catch up with her, before they both move out of shot.
It was not clear whether the woman was known to Sidaya, or whether she had been accompanying her because she was concerned about seeing a young girl by herself, the NYPD said.
The woman seen in the video had not been identified as of Monday.
She was described as being in her 20s and around 5’2.
The NYPD said it wasn't immediately clear whether the woman knew Sidaya or if she was merely concerned about seeing the young child outside so late by herself.
The woman, who has not been identified as of Monday, was described as being in her 20s and about 5'2".
Anyone with information in connection with Sidaya was being urged to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
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