Soror DGs' Family Confirmation/Arrangements Finalized
 

GCers,

Soror Discogoddess used to frequent GC regularly years ago. Her sister is missing.
From an email:

My 28-year-old sister, Nailah O. Franklin, has been missing for more than 24 hours. She was last heard from via phone by a friend around 4p on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007. We know she is missing because she didn't show up for an important "ride around" meeting with her sales manager on Wednesday (she is a pharma sales rep for Eli Lilly, and her territory is based in Oak Park and the south side of Chicago). And, she has not returned phone calls, emails or text messages from an out-of-town guest she was expecting yesterday, nor has she communicated with any family or friends since Tuesday.

We also know that she filed a police report last week alleging a young man whom she had dated made threatening phone calls recently.

I filed a missing persons report with the Chicago Police Department, and have been in constant contact with the sargent (sp) who assigns detectives to these cases. I've been on the phone with the Chicago most of yesterday afternoon through today and plan to speak to the detective who will be assigned her case when he comes on his shift at 4:30p.

The next step is to alert the media (one of Nailah's friends has already gotten WGCI FM to broadcast information about her disappearance) and to perhaps do some canvassing of her neighborhood (Univerity Village in the UIC area) tomorrow and Saturday.

I will be sending around a flyer with her photo, height, weight and other details later, but wanted to let you know about this now. Please, please, please...if you know anything that might be helpful, let me know And of course, please pray that Nailah is safe and will be returned to her family and friends soon.

I have a picture, from the email, but I am challenged in that area....

E-mail me the picture. I'd be happy to help by posting the link for you.

My prayers are with DiscoGoddess' family.:(

Oh no! I will be praying for the family.

Count me among the praying people!

My thoughts and prayers are with you...:(
please send the pic to be posted...

My thoughts and prayers are with Discogoddess and her family.

http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL368.../279277706.jpg

There's the picture. Thanks to CT4 and 12dn94dst for their assistance.

You're welcome! I posted it on my MySpace blog as well.

Not Soror Discogoddess. She was a member of my chapter back in the day. I will try to notify our basileus. She will be in our prayers.

2 other photos
 

http://www.alist-mktg.com/newsletter...es/Nailah2.jpg

http://www.alist-mktg.com/newsletter...es/Nailah1.jpg

Missing since Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Last spoken to Tuesday, September 18, 2007 approximately 4:00 PM central

Age: 28
Height: 5"2'
Weight: 115lbs - 118lbs
Hair: Dk Brown
Eyes: Dk Brown
Car: 2005 Black Chevrolet Impala, IL plates 1957855


*We have reason to believe that she may be in danger. If you have any information pertaining to her whereabouts, or have any information that may be helpful to the authorities please contact the Chicago Police Department at 312-746-9259.

Oh my gosh! My prayers are with discogoddess and her family. :(

Can we forward?

My thoughts and prayers to you and yours.

I'm sure. The more who are made aware, the better. I'm sure the family would appreciate it.

My prayers are going forth.

Oh my gosh. My prayers are with Discogoddess and her family :(

I certainly don't profess to speak for discogodess or her family, but I am sure they would want this to be spread far and wide.

My prayers to the family and to Nailah for a safe return.

In my thoughts and prayers.

Definitely in my thoughts- please someone close to Soror Discogoddess let us know when there is news!

You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

How awful :( My thoughts are with her family.

OMG...This is awful.

I will keep this young woman and her family in prayers and I will be forwarding this to my Chicago friends.

Soror Discogoddess and her family are definitely in my prayers. I pray that Nailah has a SAFE return.

I've added this to my Myspace page, so hopefully someone will respond or call the police.

My prayers go out to Ms. DiscoGoddess and her family.

Oh my gosh! I remember Discogoddess. I am praying for her sister and the family.

An article
 

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/lo...263222929.html



CBS) CHICAGO Police are sorting through leads and have some ideas in the search for 28-year-old Nailah Franklin, who apparently disappeared earlier this week, and they are asking for the public's help in finding her.

She lives in the 1500 block of South Sangamon Street in University Village.

As CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports, friends and family say she is bright, beautiful and successful, living in a nice building in the trendy new neighborhood near the University of Illinois at Chicago. The last thing her family and friends expected was for her to just disappear.

Two Chicago police detectives were at her condo building Thursday to check out the building's hi-tech surveillance system, with cameras in the lobby, at the elevators, and in the garage, where she parked her car.

Franklin and her sisters were very close. She doted on her 1-year-old niece, Harper. She was a successful pharmaceutical representative, and loved going out with friends. But she had a problem, which she reported to police – phone messages from a man she once dated.

"I heard it, I heard the message," said Franklin's friend Dana McClellan. She said the message contained the following: "Basically 'I could do harm to you. You haven't seen that side, of me but I do have a bad side and I could do harm to you.'"

Her last contacts were three text messages Tuesday night, when she didn't answer her phone, claiming to be at dinner.

Police have released a missing person flyer, saying she missed a crucial meeting with her boss Wednesday morning, which was out of character for her. When the company contacted her family, sister Leila Franklin Acox rushed to Nailah's apartment to search and immediately noticed two computers were missing.

"The fact that she missed the meeting and the car's not there, the phone goes directly to voice mail and the voice mail's full are all signs that something bad happened to Nailah," Acox said.

Franklin is 28 years old, 5-feet 2-inches, 115 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. Her car is a 2005 gray Chevy four-door Impala, license plate 1957855.

"This is someone who just had everything to live for; she was at the top of her game professionally; she bought two condos on her own as a single woman; she dotes on her niece, my daughter; she's just a person who is very connected with the people she cares about," Acox said. "This is so out of character."

If you have any information about the case, police ask that you call (312) 746-9259.

My prayers are most definitely with Soror Discgoddess and family.:(:(

My prayers go out to Discogoddess's family. Have other media outlets been contacted? I'll be looking for it on chanel 2,5,7 or 9.

Wow, I definitely remember Discogoddess....my thoughts and prayers definitely go out to her and her fam.

Will post on my blog.... I can't even pretend to imagine the agony...of Disco and her family.

This is so sad. The family is in my prayers.

I'll certainly keep her and her family in my prayers. :(

I belong to a motorsports club that is headquartered in Chicago. I am going to post this, and I will keep Discogoddess and her family in my prayers.... :(

I was visiting my grandfather at the house I grew up in which is two blocks away from where she disappeared, I did not see any notices posted in the area, but I heard about the story on WGN News....have there been any leads as to what may have happened? My prayers also go out to the family.

They are covering the story on CNN this morning, so that's awesome!

I was just watching CNN and they said police have found her car in Indiana.

The car was located near a lagoon and they will be searching the lagoon today.

This is awful. I am trying to stay positive.

Here is a news story to back up what I was saying earlier.



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Sep 22, 2007 10:23 am US/Central

Missing Woman's Car, Belongings Found
Nailah Franklin Was Last Seen Tuesday; Foul Play Is Feared
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(CBS) CHICAGO A car and other property belonging to a woman who has been missing for four days was found southeast of Chicago Saturday.

Police News Affairs officers told CBS 2 Saturday morning that a car belonging to Nailah Franklin was found in Hammond, Ind. They could not provide an exact address.

Earlier, Franklin's family members said her car had been seen near an Outback Steakhouse in the 2000 block of River Oaks Drive in Calumet City, with some of her belongings scattered. The reason for the discrepancy in addresses was not immediately learned, but Hammond and Calumet City border eaech other.

Dive teams searched on Saturday searched a pond in the River Oaks Golf Course near Calumet City, but nothing was found.

Franklin, 28, of the University Village neighborhood, was last heard from on Tuesday.

Her family and friends, along with police, have been conducting a massive search and scrambling to get the word out.

"We, of course, are waiting with bated breath, and hoping that something breaks soon," Franklin's sister, Lehia Franklin Acox. "The bottom line for us is that we want Nailah found safe, and alive and well, and returned to us."

But there are worries that Franklin might have been the victim of foul play.

"I believe she's alive, but I know she's not OK, meaning that this is not her choice to be missing, so she's going to need some support and some healing, and our whole family is going through this – we're really just devastated, everybody," Franklin Acox said.

The family of the 28-year-old Eli Lilly pharmaceutical representative says she is always in constant contact, especially by text message. The last message she sent was that night, saying she was at dinner and would call later. No one has heard from her since.

Police are talking with several people with whom Franklin has had relationships. Sources say one of them has a history of making threats to other women. A week before she vanished Franklin had filed a report with police about a man she had dated, claiming he was threatening her by phone.

"She had already had contact with a detective of our agency, who was in constant contact with her giving her advice," said Sgt. Virginia Zic-Schlomas of the Harrison Area Special Victims Unit.

Among the advice was to file a restraining order against the man.

Franklin's friend Dana McClellan said the message contained the following: "Basically 'I could do harm to you. You haven't seen that side, of me but I do have a bad side and I could do harm to you.'"

Franklin's sister went to the Harrison Area police headquarters Friday morning to talk to detectives about the case. She said detectives called her and asked her to come in.

Police say they still have confidence Franklin will be found.

"I'm still hoping there's a positive outcome in the results of all this," Zic-Schlomas said.

Two computers are also missing from Franklin's home: a personal laptop and one she used for her work with Eli Lilly.

Franklin is 5-feet 2-inches, 115 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.

Eli Lilly is also involved in the investigation since one of their employees, and a company computer, is missing.

"This is someone who just had everything to live for; she was at the top of her game professionally; she bought two condos on her own as a single woman; she dotes on her niece, my daughter; she's just a person who is very connected with the people she cares about," Franklin's sister said. "This is so out of character."

If you have any information about the case, police ask that you call (312) 746-9259.

:(:( I'm really praying that she is found alive and their family may have peace.

Me too. :(:(

Me three :(:(:(