Newark woman with bipolar disorder disappears from Oxford Street

Newark police search for missing 61 year old woman last seen on Oxford Street

NEWARK, NJ — A Newark street went quiet with questions still hanging in the air after Marlene Lewter, 61, was reported missing earlier this month, and city officials are now asking the public to help bring her home.

Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda Sr. said Lewter was reported missing on Thursday, January 8. She was last seen in the 20 block of Oxford Street, according to the Newark Department of Public Safety.

Lewter has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, officials said. Police described her as a Black woman who is 5 foot 6, weighs about 150 pounds, and has brown eyes and brown hair.

She was last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants with a rip at the knee, cheetah print sneak...