Members of the public are being asked to be on the lookout for 25-year-old Melanie Sinclair, of Mona Heights, Kingston 6, who has been missing from home since Monday.

She is of dark complexion, slim build, and about 178 centimetres (5 feet 10 inches) tall, and was last seen wearing a yellow blouse, red pants and a pair of black slippers.

Her hair was also braided at the time.

Reports received from the August Town police are that about 3 p.m., Sinclair reportedly went to the river in Bedward Gardens, in her community, and never returned home.

All attempts to contact her have proven futile.

Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of Melanie Sinclair is being asked to contact the August Town police at 927-2184, police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.