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Two Glendale Seniors Missing Since Yesterday: NYPD

Ernst Koenig (NYPD)

Maria Nivelo (NYPD)

Oct. 24, 2019 By Allie Griffin

Two seniors, an 84-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman, from Glendale have been missing since yesterday, police said.

Each was last seen at their own homes Wednesday, Oct. 23. Though they lived less than a mile from one another, the cases are unrelated.

The 84-year-old Ernst Koenig was last seen at his residence near 66th Street and Myrtle Avenue yesterday at 6:30 a.m., according to police. He is white, 6 feet and 160 pounds with gray hair and is hearing impaired. He was last seen wearing a gray sweater and blue pants.

Maria Nivelo, 68, was last seen at her residence near 72nd Street and Indiana Avenue yesterday at 11 a.m., according to police. She is Hispanic, 5 feet tall and 160 pounds. She was last seen wearing a green sweater.

The NYPD has released photos of both Koenig and Nivelo, included in this article.

Anyone with information in regard to either missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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