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A woman who said she lived in the area recalled hearing an older woman scream for nearly 10 minutes at around 11:30 p.m. on Monday. The woman, Breanna Faulkner, 29, said she went outside to check out what was happening and encountered Karol’s mother, who was sobbing and screaming.

“It sounded like something out of a horror movie,” said Ms. Faulkner.

The mother was speaking in Spanish, so Ms. Faulkner found a neighbor who could help translate. Eventually, Ms. Faulkner said, she called 911 and the police arrived about 30 minutes later.

The police issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday morning, nearly 12 hours after Karol was abducted, which angered some officials.

“Across our country and across the Bronx, across the city, black girls in particular are disappearing and no one seems to care,” the city’s public advocate, Jumaane Williams, told reporters. “We do want to know why the Amber Alert took so long.”

He added: “I know for a fact, the type of response that often comes too often depends on what that person looks like. No more. We love our children. It shouldn’t take 11-12 hours for an Amber Alert.”

Typically, in cases involving missing underage persons, local law enforcement agencies contact the New York State Police, who then issue an alert. It’s uncertain why in Karol’s case, the alert happened so much later after her disappearance.

Beau Duffy, a director of public information with the New York State Police, said the New York Police Department requested an Amber Alert be sent out at around 9 a.m. An hour later an Amber Alert was widely spread.