Lowell police are searching for a missing seven-year-old girl, Anna Mutura authorities announced Sunday.
Anna Mutura is black, weighs 70 pounds and is about 4′7″ according to Lowell police. She was last seen wearing black shorts, a white vest and a purple hair tie on East Merrimack Street between 2 and 3 p.m. She may have been riding a bike, police say.
Anna Mutura has autism and is non-verbal.
There was expected to be a large law enforcement presence in Lowell during the search. The search included police dogs, drones, state police aircraft and a dive team in the Merrimack River, the Lowell Police Department said.
Officers went door to door Sunday while people who work at Anna’s school joined in to help find her.
Anyone with information regarding Anna’s disappearance is asked to call 911 or Lowell police at 978-937-3200.
