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LASD asks for help finding at-risk missing person Akela Cristayl Spencer, last seen in Palmdale
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is asking the public for help finding Akela Cristayl Spencer, an at-risk missing person last seen in Palmdale. Anyone with information should call LASD's Missing Persons Unit at (323) 890-5500.
LASD's Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public's help finding Akela Cristayl Spencer, whom LASD calls an at-risk missing person. She is a 35-year-old Black woman. LASD says she was last seen at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 9, 2026, on the 38100 block of Claremont Avenue in Palmdale.
Description from LASD: 5 feet 6 inches tall, 174 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black shirt, black shorts and Crocs. LASD says she depends on medication, and her family is concerned for her well-being.
If you see this person or know where they are, call the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Missing Persons Unit at (323) 890-5500. In an emergency, call 911. To give a tip without your name, call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use the P3 Tips app, or go to http://lacrimestoppers.org .
LASD posted this notice at 1:37 a.m. PDT Saturday, Oct. 10 on Nixle (https://local.nixle.com/alert/12740381/) and on X (https://x.com/LASDHQ/status/2108839647791268163). LASD's notice includes a photo. Notice Nearby will remove this brief when LASD reports the person found.
Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Sheriff's Information Bureau. Details are as LASD published them. More Los Angeles County notices: https://noticenearby.com/ca/los-angeles
Source: the public notice on this register NN-ENV-ca-los-angeles-lasd-at-risk-missing-akela · Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Nixle).
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