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\u201cCruel\u201d vandals have ripped down posters for a missing 14-year-old Jewish girl \u2013 who vanished more than a week ago in Toronto.<\/p>\n

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Flyers containing details about Esther\u2019s \u201cEsti\u2019s\u201d disappearance were stuck on lamp posts and telephone poles with thick tape across the city before being callously yanked, CBC reported.<\/p>\n

The bungling yobs even left behind evidence by not even fully removing the posters, pictures shared on Reddit show.<\/p>\n

Toronto police spokesperson, Nadine Ramadan, told CBC it\u2019s not \u201cnecessarily a criminal offense\u201d to remove posters, but it has sparked outrage.<\/p>\n

The teen\u2019s family lawyer, Maureen Leshem, described the act as \u201cdisturbing and cruel,\u201d adding: \u201cWhen a family is desperately trying to find their child, this kind of behaviour should concern every person in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leshem fears the vandalism may be influenced by antisemitism before warning it impacts the search effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether or not that is the intent, the impact is the same: it interferes with efforts to spread awareness and could ultimately hinder the search for Esti,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Esti has been missing for more than 10 days after she was last seen at a location located around two miles south of Earl Bales Park in North York, Toronto, just after midnight on May 16.<\/p>\n

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She was last seen wearing a turquoise sweater with words on the front, grey sweatpants, and had no shoes on.<\/p>\n

Cops revealed the teen is on the autism spectrum, heightening concern.<\/p>\n

Esti\u2019s worried mom, Shira, told Global News her daughter is \u201cvery, very smart,\u201d while her dad, Joseph, said \u201cif you just had a conversation with her, you\u2019d have no clue that she was on the spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019d think she was just a genius and very articulate. You might think she\u2019s a 25-year-old and not that she\u2019s 14 years old,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s really how it affects her. It just makes her smarter and she thinks 10 steps ahead of everybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Toronto cops issued a Level 1 search \u2013 which is the organization\u2019s highest level of operation.<\/p>\n

This means authorities can deploy its canine, mounted, and marine units.<\/p>\n

Volunteers from New York are assisting Shomrim \u2014 a Jewish civilian patrol group \u2014 with the search for the missing teen, City News reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started off in Earl Bales Park where she was originally last seen and we\u2019ve been expanding that bubble ever since. So we\u2019ve covered this entire community, we\u2019ve been downtown, we\u2019ve been as far as Scarborough, Mississauga, we\u2019ve been literally everywhere in the city,\u201d Shomrim supervisor Stuart Sugar said.<\/p>\n

A QR code has been created for the public to submit video or photos of Esti to the authorities.<\/p>\n

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