Oretha Miller and Robbin Calhoun hold a painting of Cheretha Morrison by artist Damon Lamar Reed outside the Daley Center on Sunday.
To mark the two-year anniversary of Morrison’s disappearance, her family held a news conference outside the Daley Center on Sunday, imploring authorities to step up their search and bring her loved ones closure.
“A part of me wants to believe my sister is out there,” said Morrison’s sister Oretha Miller. “The time frame is making me think that maybe something has happened to her, but even if so I just want to bring this to peace for me and my family. At least find her body.”
“I’ve been going to events, I’ve been trying to get in touch with Lori Lightfoot,” Miller said. “For the last two years I’ve been trying to do what I can to put this out to the media to get help.”
Robbin Calhoun, Morrison’s niece, said she thought police weren’t doing enough to bring the family answers.
“I don’t feel like they do enough. I don’t feel like they care about us, especially when we’re Black, they don’t care,” Calhoun said, fighting back tears. “It’s hard. It just doesn’t come to an end. We just want help, we just want closure.”
La Shann Walker, a mother whose two children went missing eight years ago in Gary, Indiana, spoke in support of Morrison’s family and also asked police to do more.
“This is a horrific ordeal for anyone to have to go through,” Walker said. “The pain is unbearable. No one else knows what you’re going through until they’re faced with this situation. I wouldn’t wish this on my enemy.”
Miller said her sister was a “very friendly person” who loved her children. Miller is now taking care of Morrison’s daughter, who is six. Her sister’s other child is an adult.
She said the family has had a hard time dealing with Morrison’s disappearance.
“It’s been hard for me hurting like this,” Miller said. “I’m living, but I’m not at peace. I can’t heal if my sister isn’t here. I miss you, I need you like I need to breathe. Please come home Sugar, please,” Miller said.
Cheretha Morrison, 38, a mother of two, has been missing since Feb 26, 2021, and was last seen in the 6900 block of South Throop Street.
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Two years ago, Cheretha Morrison’s family knew something was wrong when the 38-year-old mother of two didn’t pick up her daughter from school.
“She left my niece at the school,” said Oretha Miller, Morrison’s sister. “The school took my niece to the police station and I knew something was wrong then because she never would have left my niece there.”
Ever since, Miller has been raising her niece, doing her best to answer tough questions Morrison’s children ask about what happened to their mother.
“The little one, she asks about her mom every day, all day,” said Larrinita Starks, a niece of Morrison’s. “And the oldest, it’s rough without your mother. I don’t know how people can live without their mom.”
CHICAGO — Two years ago, Cheretha Morrison’s family knew something was wrong when the 38-year-old mother of two didn’t pick up her daughter from school. “She left my niece at the …
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