{"id":63174,"date":"2025-03-31T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=63174"},"modified":"2025-03-31T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:22:00","slug":"batavia-police-looking-for-assistance-in-locating-a-missing-14-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/batavia-police-looking-for-assistance-in-locating-a-missing-14-year-old-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Police looking for assistance in locating a missing 14-year-old girl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"559\" data-attachment-id=\"63175\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/batavia-police-looking-for-assistance-in-locating-a-missing-14-year-old-girl\/starks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/starks.jpg?fit=768%2C559&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,559\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"starks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/starks.jpg?fit=768%2C559&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/starks.jpg?resize=768%2C559&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63175\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/starks.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/starks.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/starks.jpg?resize=150%2C109&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Batavia Police Department is seeking public\u00a0assistance in locating a\u00a0runaway14-year-old girl. Za&#8217;mya Starks was last seen on 03\/28\/2025\u00a0in Batavia, NY. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was\u00a0wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, and blue sweatpants with a white stripe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Za&#8217;mya\u00a0is about 5&#8217;08&#8221; and 150\u00a0lbs.\u00a0with dark brown\u00a0hair and brown\u00a0eyes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call the Batavia Police Department at 585-345-6350 or the NYS Missing Persons Clearinghouse at 1-800-346-3543. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tips can also be submitted by clicking the &#8220;submit a tip&#8221; link at the bottom of this post on bataviapolice.org. (Location Jackson St. Batavia, NY 14020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/ny\/genesee\/batavia-pd\/138661\/submit-tip?name=Missing%20Girl%20-%20Za%27mya%20Starks&amp;nid=305279\">Submit A Tip | Batavia Police Department<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sourced via CRIMEWATCH<small>\u00ae<\/small>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/ny\/genesee\/batavia-pd\/138661\/cases\/missing-girl-zamya-starks\">https:\/\/crimewatch.net\/us\/ny\/genesee\/batavia-pd\/138661\/cases\/missing-girl-zamya-starks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Batavia Police Department is seeking public\u00a0assistance in locating a\u00a0runaway14-year-old girl. Za&#8217;mya Starks was last seen on 03\/28\/2025\u00a0in Batavia, NY. She was\u00a0wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, and blue sweatpants with a white stripe. Za&#8217;mya\u00a0is about 5&#8217;08&#8221; and 150\u00a0lbs.\u00a0with dark brown\u00a0hair and brown\u00a0eyes. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/batavia-police-looking-for-assistance-in-locating-a-missing-14-year-old-girl\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23,1],"tags":[5016],"class_list":["post-63174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","category-uncategorized","tag-missing-child"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-gqW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43369,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/12\/batavia-police-looking-for-assistance-in-locating-a-missing-girl\/","url_meta":{"origin":63174,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/ Police looking for assistance in locating a missing girl","author":"aka","date":"June 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release The Batavia Police Department is seeking public\u00a0assistance in locating a 16-year-old girl. 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