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Girl, 16, last seen Thursday

Alyssa Gilcrest was last seen Thursday wearing a black hoodie, black leggings, and black Adidas slides.

By Sun-Times Wire

A 16-year-old girl was last seen Thursday, according to Chicago police.

Alyssa Gilcrest was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black leggings, and black Adidas slides, police said.

She is 5-foot-5, 200 pounds, has brown eyes, black hair and light brown complexion, police said. She also has a butterfly tattoo on her left arm.

Officials couldn’t provide an exact location of where she was last seen.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts are encouraged to call 312-747-8274.

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