IL IL - Chicago police are seeking help locating Joyce Berryman-Arriaga, 34, last seen 24 Dec 2025

[Knox]

CHICAGO - Chicago Police are asking for the public's help finding Joyce Berryman-Arriaga, 34, who was last contacted on Dec. 24.

What we know:
According to police, Berryman-Arriaga is 4'11", 190 lbs, with brown eyes and black hair.

She was last seen on Dec. 24. She is missing from the 1800 block of West Adams Street.

What you can do:
Anyone with information should contact Area 3 SUV at 312-744-8266 or call 911.

Chicago police seek help finding missing woman last seen Dec. 24

Chicago Police are asking for the public's help finding Joyce Berryman-Arriaga, 34, who was last contacted on Dec. 24.

www.fox32chicago.com

 

[Gemmie]

Well, she has a mugshot from a year prior. Hopefully she's not in any sort of bad situation.

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[Knox]

Thanks, I saw the mugshot when I created this thread.

I keep in mind that addiction is a complex disease, not a moral failing or a sign of a bad character. Affects folks from all demographics - teachers, businesspeople, those with loving families. Life is hard for some who may not have good coping tools

 

[GraceG]

She has had no known interaction with local law enforcement since the 2024 action that resulted in the pictured mugshot (recirds for which can be found at the Chicagao Police Department website). https://www.chicagopolice.org/

I volunteer and do service work at several non profits in Chicago that work with women dealing with substance abuse/addiction issues (alcoholism runs in my bio family and has touched all of us). It can affect mental health and judgement, through no direct fault of the person suffering, but which can place them in harm's way.

Given the extremely cold temperatures we had since she was last seen, I can understand the concern.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Thanks, I saw the mugshot when I created this thread.

I keep in mind that addiction is a complex disease, not a moral failing or a sign of a bad character. Affects folks from all demographics - teachers, businesspeople, those with loving families. Life is hard for some who may not have good coping tools

The missing notice says 4'11", 190 pounds. No way.

 

[GraceG]

The missing notice says 4'11", 190 pounds. No way.

That info came from the Chicago police, so it was either something in their records OR was provided by family.

If you look at her self posted photos on her Facebook page, the official missing photo looks similar to her 2021 photos when she was thinner appearing - especially in the face. The January 30, 2024 photo she posted she's fuller figured and standing next to the child, she doens't look particularly tall. Alejandro Figueroa. There aren't any personal photos since early 2024 for comparative purposes.

 

[GraceG]

Chicago is a city of almost 3 million people. Jane or John Doe's are found regularly it seems. But this popped up today in the local news of a woman's body found in the Chicago river near South Ashland, It's 2.8 miles from West Adams where Joyce was last seen and downriver if she went into the water of the South Branch of the Chicago River closer to where she was last seen. Chicago is 237 square miles to give you a size perspective.

Could be anyone, the police are treating it as a death investigation at this point with no other info given, but it's a pretty small geographical area so it caught my interest.

https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/body-recovered-chicago-river-southwest-side/

West Adams Google Map (from which I gook the little screen shot attached marking missing location and unidentified body location in red).

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