Marangeli Velasquez, 13, [Located] May 14, 2008, Chicago, IL

[Faith]

13-Year-Old Girl Missing Since Wednesday

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Marangeli Velasquez, 13, has been missing since Wednesday, May 14, 2008, when she didn't show up for school and instead went to the area of 79th Street and South Jeffrey Boulevard with two other girls.

CHICAGO (STNG) ― Police are looking for a 13-year-old Northwest Side girl who has been missing since Wednesday.

Marangeli Velasquez did not show up for school Wednesday and instead went to the area of 79th Street and South Jeffrey Boulevard with two other girls, according to an alert from Grand Central Area detectives. The two other girls have since returned home, police said.

On Friday, Marangeli parted company with one of those girls at the Metra station at Clinton and Madison streets in the West Loop, saying she was "going to the West Side."

She has no cell phone and no known boyfriends, police say. Marangeli was last seen wearing jeans, a black sweater, a navy blue short sleeve school shirt and white gym shoes. She is 5-feet-1, 150 pounds and has brown hair. She lives on the Northwest Side near Lawrence Avenue and Troy Street and attends Albany Park School.

Anyone who may have information on Marangeli's whereabouts can contact Grand Central Area Special Victims Unit detectives, at (312) 746-6399.

(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2006. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/missing.chicago.girl.2.726689.html

[Faith]

Police send out alert after Chicago schoolgirl disappears
Albany Park teen last seen Friday at Metra station

Chicago police issued an alert Sunday for a missing 13-year-old Albany Park girl last seen by a friend at a West Loop train station Friday.

Marangeli Velasquez, who lives near West Lawrence Avenue and North Troy Street and attends Albany Park School, cut school Wednesday with two friends, police said. The three girls traveled to the South Side to "meet up with some boys" near East 79th Street and South Jeffery Boulevard, said Sgt. Jeffrey Peraino of the Grand Central Area Special Victims Unit.

When a police officer spotted the girls on the South Side and asked them why they weren't in school, two fled, Peraino said.

The third girl was taken home by the officer, and police advised the other two families to file missing-person reports.


A second girl returned home two days later, saying she last saw Velasquez Friday near the Metra station in the Ogilvie Transportation Center on West Madison Street. Velasquez told her she was "going to the West Side," and also may have talked to the girl about traveling to DeKalb, Peraino said.

Velasquez had run away from home once, but her family said there had been nothing unusual before she left Wednesday, Peraino said.

"She left for school that day dressed in her school outfit," Peraino said. "But the three girls apparently decided to cut school for the day and go on a lark."

Velasquez is 5 foot 1 and 150 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes and a medium complexion. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black sweater, a navy short-sleeve school shirt and white gym shoes.

Anyone with information about Velasquez's whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Nari Isakson at 312-746-6399.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-missing-girl-19-may19,0,7382715.story

[Faith]

I pray she is safe. :1222423:

[packy]

Hopefully some of her friends may know who she knows from the west side.

[Faith]

Hopefully some of her friends may know who she knows from the west side.

I hope so, packy. I can't find any updates for today.

[Pauli]

Still listed as missing, no further information available

[annalyzer]

Still listed as missing, no further information available


Still listed as missing where? I can't find anything but original news stories.

[annalyzer]

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=usMapSearch&missState=IL&searchLang=en_US

Not listed. No updates to original news stories found.

[packy]

I wonder if she would go by the name Angela at times. Found a face book pic that could resemble her. It does appear she is not missing, and is not on NCMEC.