Upper West Side & Morningside Heights
Crime & Mayhem

Woman Vanishes from Upper West Side Home After School

Tom Liddy

By Tom Liddy on June 8, 2011 8:42pm

Michelle Walker vanished from her Columbus Avenue home after school Monday

Courtesy of the NYPD

By Tom Liddy

DNAinfo News Editor

MANHATTAN - Cops are asking for the public's help in finding a woman who vanished from her Upper West Side home.

Michelle Walker, 22, vanished from in front of her building at 870 Columbus Avenue, near W. 103rd Street, on June 6 at 4:25 p.m.

Cops said she had just returned home from school.  It's not clear what school she attended.

She is described as 5-foot-6, 130 pounds, wearing a black shirt with long sleeves and stripes, blue jeans and brown shoes.

Police do not suspect foul play.

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