Police searching for woman, 21, missing after party

Police are seeking the public’s help finding a woman missing since a party Saturday afternoon who is in need of medication.

Ruth Carter, 21, is described as a 5-foot-2, 120-pound, fair-skinned black woman with black hair, brown eyes and wearing a pink T-shirt and black shorts. She was last seen about 2 p.m. Saturday at a party at an unspecified location on Freret Street, police said.

Anyone who may have seen her is asked to call the NOPD non-emergency number, 821-2222.

UPDATE, 2:48 p.m. Monday: Carter is a senior in marketing at Loyola University, according to the website of the university newspaper, The Maroon.