South Philly Teen Mahiyri Easley Missing Again, Two Years After First Vanishing

Philadelphia police are asking the public for help finding a 16-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago in the city's Point Breeze section, marking the second time in roughly two years that she has vanished from the same South Philadelphia block. Mahiyri Easley was last seen at approximately 12 p.m. on Aug. 17 on the 2300 block of Bambrey Terrace, according to the South Detective Division, and was wearing a pink hooded sweatshirt, light pink sweatpants and a scarf.

According to Newport Dispatch, police describe Easley as a Black female with a thin build, standing 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing approximately 130 pounds. Investigators say she is known to frequent the 600 block of North 52nd Street in West Philadelphia, where her boyfriend reportedly lives. That address sits roughly four miles northwest of her home on Bambrey Terrace, across the Schuylkill River, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.

Anyone with information about Easley's whereabouts is asked to contact the South Detective Division at 215-686-3013. The 2300 block of Bambrey Terrace falls within the Point Breeze neighborhood, inside the 1st Police District, which places the case under the South Detective Division's jurisdiction, per the department.

A Familiar Address, A Different Girl on Paper

This is not the first time Easley has disappeared from the same block. Hoodline previously reported on her 2024 disappearance, when she was 14 years old and her phone last pinged near 27th and Montgomery Avenue in North Philadelphia. The physical description police released this time differs sharply from the one issued back then: in April 2024, Easley was described as 5 feet 11 inches tall and 200 pounds, while the August 2026 bulletin lists her at 5 feet 9 inches and 130 pounds with a thin build, per the Philadelphia Police Department.

The 2300 block of Bambrey Terrace has drawn police attention more than once in recent months. Another teenager, 15-year-old Hezekiah Williams, was reported missing from the same block in July, according to the department. It is unclear whether the two cases are connected in any way, and the dossier of official notices does not suggest a link beyond the shared address.

Why No Amber Alert Was Issued

Easley's case has not triggered a statewide Amber Alert, and under Pennsylvania State Police guidelines, it likely will not. Those alerts are reserved strictly for verified child abductions involving imminent risk of death or serious bodily harm, not for non-abducted missing juveniles or suspected runaways, the agency's guidelines state. Pennsylvania instead uses Missing Endangered Person Advisories when specific risk factors are present, but standard missing-juvenile reports like this one do not activate highway signs or phone alerts.

Instead, the department relies on Directive 12.13, its internal policy governing missing persons cases. Under that directive, detective division supervisors must ensure investigators re-interview the reporting party within 72 hours and maintain weekly contact with the family for at least 30 days during an active search.

Part of a Broader Wave of August Cases

Easley's disappearance is one of several missing juvenile bulletins the Philadelphia Police Department has issued this month. Police have also sought the public's help locating 14-year-old Jeisel Mendoza-Ferrera in South Philadelphia, 11-year-old Mailiha Jenkins in West Philadelphia, and 14-year-old Xhariah Harper in Fairhill, each the subject of separate department notices.

Nationally, most missing-child cases end in safe recoveries. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children assisted with 29,568 reports of missing children in 2024 and achieved a 91 percent safe recovery rate, according to the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Still, juveniles under 18 made up roughly 24 percent of all active missing person files nationwide at the end of 2025, per FBI National Crime Information Center data, underscoring how common — and how urgently pursued — cases like Easley's remain for detectives across the city.