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Police: Help Us Find This Missing Flight Attendant
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Jen Chung
Published Jan 17, 2016
Modified Jan 17, 2016
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The NYPD hopes the public can help them find a missing Queens resident who was last seen on Thursday.
Sierra Shields, 30, is a Shuttle America flight attendant, and she was last seen leaving LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, January 14th, at around noon.
Shields is described as being 5'7" tall and 160 pounds, with a medium build, medium complexion, black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a navy blue dress.
According to WCBS 2, "Her family is not sure if she was scheduled to fly out Thursday night... [and] says this is out of character for Shields."
The Find Sierra Shields Facebook page notes, "To all those posting, sharing, walking around New York, giving everything to find Sierra, thank you! I just want to make sure people are aware that the uniform Sierra was wearing resembles a blue dress, something you would find in a department store window."
The Astoria resident is also a member of the Connection Church.
Anyone with information in regards to this missing is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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