IL IL - Kierra Coles, 27, pregnant, Chicago, 2 Oct 2018

[carbuff]

I'm relieved for Kierra, but sorry for Ms. Ford and her family, especially her child.

 

[GraceG]

other than it was a homicide victim, No.
Body Found in Wooded Area in Joliet ID'd as Homicide Victim

They've released the name of the Victim. She had just moved to Illinois with her boyfriend. Body found in woods near Joliet ID'd; woman's boyfriend in custody | The Herald-News

 

[Steelslady]

They've released the name of the Victim. She had just moved to Illinois with her boyfriend. Body found in woods near Joliet ID'd; woman's boyfriend in custody | The Herald-News

Oh that is awful! May she rest in peace.

 

[Cubby]

Any update on the body by Joliet?

Not caught up with the thread, but the remains found in Joliet were identified and are not Kierra.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Ms Ford has 2 daughter, she was a beautiful woman, lots of loving family ( re: from facebook) what devastated family she has now.
so sad for them.

 

[Gardener1850]

They've released the name of the Victim. She had just moved to Illinois with her boyfriend. Body found in woods near Joliet ID'd; woman's boyfriend in custody | The Herald-News

Here is Dania's thread: IL - IL - Woman's body near Cemetery in Joliet, Homicide, Nov 2018



Hope there is an update on Kierra soon.

 

[maine2016]

Bumping Kierra's thread up...

 

[missingno]

Thinking of Kierra and her family. Hope we get some news soon.

 

[MissMYB]

I can't believe she hasn't been found. Tragic.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Thinking of Kierra and her precious baby this morning, and praying that today is the day that they are found.

I hope the silence means that LE is slowly but surely making progress towards a resolution.

In the meantime, sending hugs and strength to her family.

 

[JerseyGirl]

On Friday, volunteers will search the nearby Whistler Woods Forest Preserve, hoping to find clues. A reward for information in the case has grown to $30,000.

Volunteers to search forest preserve for missing Chicago postal worker

 

[Elle*Bee]

On Friday, volunteers will search the nearby Whistler Woods Forest Preserve, hoping to find clues. A reward for information in the case has grown to $30,000.

Volunteers to search forest preserve for missing Chicago postal worker

I wonder what piqued their interest in this particular area.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

They'd received a tip to look in this forest preserve.

Volunteers found a couple of bones, and called in detectives to investigate. Its unclear if the bones are human.
11/30/18 volunteer search at Whistler Woods Forest Preserve in Riverdale IL.

Please go to the Case Archive, I have taken a lot of screenshots; you can see details of the search on pages 10-11.
Kierra Coles -IL- by amanda reckonwith

 

[silverjug]

They'd received a tip to look in this forest preserve.

Volunteers found a couple of bones, and called in detectives to investigate. Its unclear if the bones are human.
11/30/18 volunteer search at Whistler Woods Forest Preserve in Riverdale IL.

Please go to the Case Archive, I have taken a lot of screenshots; you can see details of the search on pages 10-11.
Kierra Coles -IL- by amanda reckonwith

Thanks for the screenshots, very informative.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Kierra and her baby have been missing for two months as of today. Patiently waiting for an update.

I did find an article from last Thursday with new information about the surveillance footage (my apologies in advance if this was already posted and I missed it):

“Regina Kennedy, a friend of the family told the Chicago Tribune in October that Coles had been last seen when she went to an appointment with her aunt and friend.

Her [Kierra’s] family said the post office told them Coles called out of work the following day on Oct. 3, although it's not clear whether she made the call herself. Several media outlets have showed surveillance footage from that day appearing to show a woman many believed was Coles dressed in her postal uniform seemingly leaving for work. However, Julie Kenney, a public information representative at the United States Postal Inspection Service, which is investigating the case alongside the Chicago Police Department, told Oxygen.com the postal service doesn't believe the woman was Coles.

‘There's other postal employees that live on that block, so the postal inspection service does not believe that is Kierra Coles on that video,’ she said.

Kenney couldn't confirm or deny whether Coles had called out of work that day, because the inspection service can't comment on personnel matters, but did say Coles ‘was not on duty’ at the time of her disappearance.” (BBM)
Mysterious Disappearance Of Pregnant Postal Worker Lingers, With Few Clues For Family And Investigators

Along with others on the thread, I had wondered about the possibility of the woman in the video not being Kierra, so I find Ms. Kenney’s comments particularly interesting.

Now I’m wondering if they have a specific person in mind as to who the woman in the video is. Based on what Ms. Kenney says, USPIS must have a good idea as to which postal employees live on that block. So the question is, if it wasn’t Kierra in the surveillance footage, was someone pretending to be her? Or was it a simple case of mistaken identity?

Besides, why would Kierra call out of work if she wasn’t scheduled to work begin with?

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

wow, almost puts us back at square one.

Not giving up on Kierra or LE.

 

[SweetPeas56]

Wait wait wait....am I to understand that the postal service doesn't believe Kierra called herself off (but it was female?)' and that possibly she wasn't the person on the video? Wouldn't her family be able to tell? This poor family.

 

[girlhasnoname]

What in the world is going on here......Kierra where are you and baby Cole????

 

[Mandrew]

I believe the post office has somewhat unusual rules in regard to calling off. I think you officially have to use the automated system. And I know some employees will call out for two days sick because it only counts at one absence, instead of calling the system each day which would give two strikes.

I'm sure some postal employee can give the accurate procedure, and perhaps someone calling in for her was her way of going "around" the official system to avoid a "strike" against her calling out?

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

whether Kierra called in using the USPS system, or someone else called in for her in some way, or no one ever called in on her behalf, how does it change our search for her?

I'm not sure how that changes things for us... Yes, it skews the timeline but is our suspect pool any different?