An extensive list of all the missing persons, unsolved, and resolved cases featured on True Case Files from the state of Illinois.
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Name: Rachel Mellon Skemp
Missing since: January 31st, 1996
Age at disappearance: 13
Last seen in: Bolingbrook, Illinois
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Name: Jamie Jo Travis
Missing since: August 30th, 2005
Age at disappearance: 27
Last seen in: Peoria, Illinois
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Name: Carina Lynn Karras
Missing since: December 31st, 2005
Age at disappearance: 20
Last seen in: Grayslake, Illinois
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Name: Yesenia Castillo
Missing since: July 30th, 2006
Age at disappearance: 27
Last seen in: Chicago, Illinois
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Name: Yasmin Acree
Missing since: January 15th, 2008
Age at disappearance: 15
Last seen in: Chicago, Illinois
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Name: Jerrica Laws
Missing since: August 17th, 2015
Age at disappearance: 24
Last seen in: Park Forest, Illinois
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Name: Brenda Jackson
Missing since: January 3rd, 2016
Age at disappearance: 32
Last seen in: Park Forest, Illinois
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Name: Kianna Galvin
Missing since: May 6th, 2016
Age at disappearance: 17
Last seen in: South Elgin, Illinois
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Name: Alexis Scott
Missing since: September 22nd, 2017
Age at disappearance: 20
Last seen in: Peoria, Illinois
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Name: Kierra Coles
Missing since: October 3rd, 2018
Age at disappearance: 26
Last seen in: Chicago, Illinois
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Name: Cheretha Morrison
Missing since: February 26th, 2021
Age at disappearance: 37
Last seen in: Chicago, Illinois
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Name: Bethany Ruby Bower
Missing since: July 31st, 2021
Age at disappearance: 38
Last seen in: Newton, Illinois
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UNSOLVED IN ILLINOIS:
Jade Marcella Winston.
Name: Jade Winston
Age: 18
Location: Carrier Mills, IL
Date: August 17th, 2007
Brief: A teenage girl found shot to death inside her family's Carrier Mills residence. The scene was staged to make it appear that her death was a suicide, but investigators ruled that out and declared her death a homicide.
Case details: The Murder of Jade Winston.
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Alma D. Mendez
Name: Alma Mendez
Age: 38
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: October 28th, 2007
Brief: A woman from Chicago Heights went for her daily run at Sauk Trail Woods Forest Preserve and never returned home. Two days later, her body was found off the trail. She had been brutally attacked and did not survive her injuries.
Case details: The Murder of Alma Mendez.
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Latasha Morgan Nevitt.
Case type: Disappearance and unsolved murder.
Brief: A Chicago mother vanished from her home in October 2011. Nearly 3 years later, her remains were found stuffed in a drainpipe at Morgan Park.
Case details: The Disappearance and Murder of Latasha Nevitt.
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Name: Rachel Galbreath
Age: 33
Location: South Holland, IL
Date: May 9th, 2014.
Brief: South Holland woman brutally attacked and murdered inside her own residence.
Case details: The Murder of Rachel Galbreath.
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Quesola 'Keke' Mimms.
Case type: Unsolved murder; decapitation.
Name: Quesola Mims
Age: 20
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: September 21st, 2016
Brief: Young woman from Chicago left her home and never returned. Two days later, her decapitated head is found in McKinley Park.
Case details: The Murder of Quesola Mimms.
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Cheyann L. Klus
Case type: Disappearance; unsolved death.
Name: Cheyann Klus (22)
Missing: December 1st, 2017
Remains identified: January 2023.
Locations: Cook County/DuPage
Brief: Young woman vanished from a friend's home in a Chicago suburb. Her remains were later found approximately 17 miles away.
Case details: The Disappearance and Death of Cheyann Klus.
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Mary Watkins.
Case type: Murder; stabbing, strangulation.
Name: Mary Watkins
Age: 37
Date: March 9th, 2020
Location: Chicago, IL
Brief: Chicago woman brutally attacked and murdered inside her residence.
Case details: The Murder of Mary Watkins.
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Name: Megan Nichols (15)
Outcome: Brodey Murbarger was found guilty of Megan's murder during his October 2022 trial. In January 2023, he was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Name: Kaylyn Whitaker (20)
Case type: Murder; staged suicide.
Date: October 31st, 2014
Location: Martinsville, IL
Arrest made: February 23rd, 2019
Outcome: Kaylyn's boyfriend, Connor Scott, accepted a plea deal and pleaded guilty to Kaylyn's murder in October 2019. As part of his plea deal, he was sentenced to 37 years in prison.
Full story: True Case Files: The Murder of Kaylyn Whitaker.
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Name: Grant Nelson (34)
Outcome: Eliza Wasni accepted a plea deal in August 2020 and pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. As part of her plea deal, Wasni was sentenced to 27 years in prison and was ordered to undergo continued mental health assessments.
Name: Breasia Terrell (10)
Case type: Disappearance and murder
Missing: July 10th, 2020
Remains found: March 2021
Arrest made: April 2021
Outcome: Henry Dinkins was declared guilty of Breasia's kidnapping and murder in September of 2023. He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison.
Full story: True Case Files: The Disappearance and Murder of Breasia Terrell.
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