Missing Teen, Christine (Ji Woo) Kang, Found and Safe
On Sunday evening as continuing efforts were being made in the search for Edgemont 16-year-old Christine Kang, Greenburgh Police Chief Chris McNerney received a call that the teen had been located in Manhattan at Saint Agnes Church on East 43rd Street.
Missing for over a week, she was in the custody of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Greenburgh Police were on their way to bring her back to Westchester.
Christine was recognized by someone at St. Agnes Church who had seen the missing person flyers distributed in NYC on Saturday.
In an email, Greenburgh Town Supervior Paul Feiner said over 200 people from the Edgemont community responded to calls for help in Manhattan Saturday to post Missing Flyers. “Their efforts worked,” he said.
“This initiative was organized by Edgemont Cares community leader Aubrey Graf-Daniels, one of the real heroes in the effort to find Christine and bring her back to safety. Edgemont high school students also participated in the effort to locate Christine. The parents, Min Jong Kang and Hyeeun Rose Kwon, were overjoyed. Lots of hugging and tears of joy,” Feiner said.
Christine went missing from her Edgemont home on the evening of Friday, Jan 2. Video of her standing on the platform at the Scarsdale train station indicated she may have taken a train heading south. On Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 6, police were able to confirm that Christine had made it to Manhattan. They located video of her in Grand Central Terminal near the Lexington Avenue entrance on Friday night at about 11 p.m.
Known to have run away in the past, concerns were that Christine, who was wearing a pajama top and sweatpants, was not adequately dressed for the extreme cold weather of the past week. Nor was it known if she had any friends who might help her.
After minor arguments with her parents, Christine had run off in the past, but usually returned home after a brief period. According to her parents, this is the longest she has stayed away.
In a Sunday report, News 12 indicated that a monetary reward for information about Christine’s location had been offered.
