The Milwaukee Police Department reported that Zamara Stewart, an 18-year-old woman, had been found safe. She was last seen around 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, near 78th and Acacia on the city's northwest side. She was wearing a pink hooded sweater, a green T-shirt and tan pajama pants, and was carrying a backpack when she disappeared.
The details come from the Milwaukee Police Department, which sent the information to news outlets, according to FOX6 News Milwaukee. Police describe Stewart as a Black woman standing 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 210 pounds. She also wears glasses, per the same report.
Police have labeled Stewart's case a critical missing person search, a designation meant to draw urgent public attention to finding her quickly.
Who to Contact With Information
During the search, police asked anyone with information about Stewart's whereabouts to contact the Milwaukee Police Department's District 4 station, listed as the point of contact for her case, at 414-935-7242. The department's broader missing persons page, run by the Milwaukee Police Department Office of Public Relations, states plainly: “Please contact the Milwaukee Police Department if you have any information/tips for any of the missing persons.”
That same page also lists two separate department-wide numbers for missing-person tips, 414-935-7405 and 414-933-4444, along with an email address, [email protected], for anyone who prefers to reach out that way.
A Pattern of Critical Missing-Person Alerts in Milwaukee
Stewart's disappearance follows a similar critical missing person alert issued by Milwaukee police weeks earlier for a 73-year-old woman last seen walking around noon on September 15 in the 3200 block of North Holton Street, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Police updated the public around 3:30 p.m. on September 16 that the woman had been safely located.
The Milwaukee Police Department reported that Stewart had been found safe.
