Alexandra Amelie Volovoy, a White/Caucasian female who was 7 years old at the time, was last known to have been in the Brooklyn, New York, area on January 9, 2013. Alexandra was also known by the nickname “Sasha.” Publicly available case information describes her as having brown, shoulder-length hair and green eyes. The case was investigated by the New York Police Department, and records also identify federal involvement through the U.S. Department of State.
Contemporary and later missing-person records identify Alexandra as having disappeared under circumstances that raised concern that she may have been outside the United States.
Information released concerning Alexandra's disappearance indicated that she may have been in the company of her mother. Investigators also considered the possibility that Alexandra and her mother had traveled to Russia or Belarus, making the circumstances of the case potentially international in nature. Beyond those details, publicly available records provide limited information about the events immediately surrounding Alexandra's disappearance, including where she was last physically seen, why she may have left the United States, or what circumstances led authorities to believe that Russia or Belarus could be involved. The uncertainty surrounding those details made Alexandra's case particularly difficult to follow, while her age at the time meant that locating her and determining her whereabouts remained a matter of significant concern. Her photographs and identifying information were circulated as part of efforts to locate her, and the case continued to appear in missing-person listings for years afterward.
Alexandra's disappearance also received attention from missing-person advocates and online case researchers. An archived case-update record shows that Alexandra Volovoy was subsequently listed among cases reported as found safe. The available record does not provide enough detail to establish exactly when or where she was located, nor does it publicly explain the circumstances that led to her recovery. Because the available information is vague concerning the resolution, the precise date of her recovery is unknown, and there is no reliable basis in the sources reviewed to provide additional details about what happened to her during the intervening period. A more recent public missing-person listing has continued to display Alexandra's older case information, illustrating how historical missing-person records can remain accessible even after later developments have occurred.
Alexandra's case therefore begins with the disappearance of a seven-year-old girl from Brooklyn, her identification as Sasha, and concerns that she could have been outside the United States with her mother, potentially in Russia or Belarus. The lack of publicly documented details about the circumstances of her disappearance and the uncertainty surrounding the timing and circumstances of her eventual location leave much of the story undocumented. A later archived case update reports that Alexandra was found safe, although the available public record does not explain the recovery in detail. Taken as a whole, the case is the story of a young girl whose disappearance prompted a search extending beyond New York and potentially beyond U.S. borders, followed eventually by a reported safe recovery, while many of the circumstances surrounding both her disappearance and return remain private or unavailable in publicly accessible records.Last Seen: Jan 9, 2013
