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Missing Equilla Lynn Hodrick 
Equilla, approximately 1985; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 42 (approximately 2018) Date reported missing : 08/12/1985 Missing location (approx) : the Bronx, New York Missing classification : Non-Family Abduction Gender : Female Ethnicity : Black DOB : 08/19/1976 (44) Age at the time of disappearance: 8 years old Height / Weight : 4'11, 80 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : Cut-off blue jeans, a white tank top with yellow and red marks, and light blue sneakers. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : African-American female. Brown hair, hazel eyes. Equilla had a gap between her upper front teeth at the time of her 1985 disappearance. She has a scar near her right eye and a scar on her right cheek, and discolorations on her buttocks and back. Equilla's ears are pierced. She wears eyeglasses. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Equilla and her mother were sitting on the front porch of their Briggs Avenue residence in the New York City borough of the Bronx on August 12, 1985. Her mother turned to talk to friends at approximately 6:30 p.m. that evening, and saw Equilla running to the corner of Briggs Avenue and 194th Street towards a parked Mr. Softee ice cream truck. Her mother was eight months pregnant at the time and unable to chase Equilla, but the child always returned quickly. Equilla's cousin told her mother that she saw Equilla playing video games in an arcade on the corner later in the evening. Her mother became concerned when Equilla did not return home and summoned authorities. Equilla was never seen again. An extensive search was launched for the child. Bloodhounds picked up Equilla's scent and led detectives to Webster Avenue in the Bronx, near the tracks of the Metro-North train line. No sign of Equilla was located. The detective who was originally in charge of her case retired in the late 1990s, but said Equilla was street-smart and knew her own phone number. Her case has recently been reopened by a cold cases squad in the New York City Police Department. Other information and links : ncy New York Police Department 646-610-6914 September 2021 updates and sources The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The New York Press America's Most Wanted New York State Missing and Exploited Children Clearinghouse The New York Daily News October 12, 2004. February 9, 2019; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression updated. |