Bloomfield Police said Tina Nyang’nu, 16, got off the school bus after attending night school roughly around 7:10 p.m. but failed to go inside her home.
According to police, her older brother is currently caring for her while their mother is in Nigeria.
Police say Tina has been having a lot of stress and anxiety lately and would generally go for walks and return home but did not in this case.
They tried to locate her cell phone earlier in the day with find my iPhone and the last location they got was by Branch Brook Park in the city of Newark before Tina's phone was turned off.
Officials said that's when the family notified police.
Tina was last seen wearing a black sweater with gray/black shorts and carrying a black backpack.
She is described as a thin black female with black/brown eyes, and black hair.
Any agency that comes in contact is asked to call our dispatch at 973-680-4141