Authorities in Novokuznetsk are coordinating a search after two young children went missing, and there is concern they may still be together. The incident was confirmed by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Kuzbass.
According to information from law enforcement, the 11-year-old boy, Pyotr Perfilov, and his 13-year-old girlfriend, Anastasia Romanova, were last seen walking together on the afternoon of April 13. At present, authorities have not located the children or determined their whereabouts since that time.
Descriptive details from the search include the boy standing about 135 centimeters tall with gray-green eyes and brown hair that is kept short. He was last seen wearing a blue hooded jacket, camouflage green pants, and burgundy boots. The girl is approximately 165 centimeters tall with a slim build and a bob haircut and brown hair. On the day of disappearance, she wore a black jacket with knitted sleeves, black tights with white dots, and white sneakers.
There is no available information about the families of the missing children at this moment.
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City authorities and regional police urge anyone who has seen the two children or who has information that could assist in locating them to contact local police lines immediately. Cooperation from the public is essential to hasten the resolution of this case. Searches are ongoing in and around Novokuznetsk, with detectives reviewing surveillance footage and canvassing neighborhoods where the youths were last observed. The investigation remains active as officials work to establish the children’s safety and bring them home as soon as possible.