Boston Police seek two missing girls

By Michael Corcoran, Globe Correspondent

Boston Police are looking for help in finding two sisters who have been missing since Friday morning.

Police say that Maithe “Daniela” Ruiz , 10, and Angela Rivera, 12, were last seen when they left their home on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester together on their way to separate schools. Ruiz attends Kenney Elementary School, while Rivera attends Dever Elementary School, police said.

The girls' mother called police at around 11:40 a.m., saying she had been informed by both schools that her daughters had not shown up. It is believed that the two siblings may be together in the East Boston, police said.

Ruiz is 4-foot-5 and 90 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. She was wearing a reddish-brown coat and purple-and-red plaid sneakers, police said.

Rivera is 4-foot-8 and about 90 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. She was wearing a pink coat, a navy-blue jumper, a light-blue shirt, and black sneakers.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of these girls is asked to call 617-343-4335 or 1-800-494-TIPS, or to text “TIP’” to 27463.