IL Sylvia Renee McElroy, 27 Missing from Chicago, IL 1987

[Moonwalker9]

Sylvia Renee McElroy – The Charley Project
Missing Person Case

• Missing Since11/10/1987
• Missing FromChicago, Illinois
• ClassificationMissing
• Age27 years old
• Height and Weight5'6 - 5'8, 125 - 135 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA long beige trench coat, a blue and white shirt and navy blue pants. Carrying a black purse.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsAfrican-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. McElroy's hair was tinted burgundy at the time of her disappearance. She has a scar on her upper right shoulder.

Details of Disappearance
McElroy was last seen in the area of 63rd and King Drive with a friend and an unidentified male, getting into a brown four-door late 1970s model Buick in Chicago, Illinois on November 10, 1987. She has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.

 

[glamourkitty1922]

This is from Doe Network She was last seen with a friend, but nothing more about the friend.

 

[Ginger21]

From DoeNetwork: " She has scars on the right upper part of her shoulder and the lower half of both arms and neck." No more information on the scars or Sylvia's disappearance that I have been able to find. Sylvia's current NAMUS rule-outs are:
UP6107 08/05/1988 Newton, IN
UP2627 02/02/1991 York, VA
UP6335 08/16/1997 Page, VA
UP8419 01/16/2001 Isle of Wight, VA
UP2005 09/23/1998 Cuyahoga, OH
UP788 01/21/2002 Petersburg, VA
UP10812 05/28/1989 Louisa, VA
UP6247 07/01/1998 Pittsylvania, VA
UP960 09/10/2004 Norfolk, VA
UP6628 05/09/1990 Falls Church, VA
UP6665 05/14/2007 Petersburg, VA
UP12683 06/06/2014 Newport News, VA

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Not sure how this match wasn't suggested sooner - a Jane Doe was just added to NAMUS that I'm pretty confident could be Sylvia. She was found half a mile from where Sylvia disappeared and also wore a blue+white shirt.