Diamond and Tionda Bradley missing since 7/6/2001

[Doyle]

After chasing hundreds of tips and interviewing dozens of relatives of missing sisters Diamond and Tionda Bradley, the Chicago Police Department has moved the investigation to the Cold Case Squad
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bradley04.html

Police Release Age-Enhanced Images Of Bradley Sisters
Police Dismantle Missing Bradley Girls Task Force
http://www.nbc5.com/news/2817170/detail.html

[Doyle]

The Cold Case Squad, an elite unit of the Chicago Police Department, has now taken over the investigation into the disappearance of Diamond and Tionda Bradley. The case has baffled investigators for almost three years but detectives remain determined. They said they need the public's help.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/042004_ns_coldcase.html

[WasBlind]

Diamond and Tionda's web site

http://www.homestead.com/thebradleysisters/

With love and HOPE, Lanie
Help For The Missing
HelpForTheMissing@yahoo.com

[WasBlind]

http://www.nbc5.com/news/3384047/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=2265994&dppid=65193

Police are following up on tips that the girls were seen at a Wal-Mart store there.

Prayers for their safe return, Lanie

[emma l]

Please go to these little girls site and think of them for a moment. I cannot imagine the pain of losing both children like this. It has been too long...............

The sisters site http://www.homestead.com/thebradleysisters/

All google matches http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Diamond+and+Tionda+Bradley+missing+&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

All yahoo matches http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=diamond+and+Tionda+Bradley+missing&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8

Does anyone live in the area or know anything about these 2 girls? Its been FOUR YEARS this year and still nothing. So awful.

[mysteriew]

Police have found the remains of a young girl, they have not been positively identified as yet.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0505010316may01,1,2052029.story?coll=chi-news-hed

[blueclouds]

Another link on the story. I remember this. I also remember a WS'er being frustrated that THIS was NOT national news!!!!!!!!! Most likely because the children were black?? How sad. Poor little girls. I hope this will bring some closure. But this only speaks of ONE child - I hope the other child can be found too.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bones02.html

[mysteriew]

Additional info.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/050205_ns_bones_found.html

[carolina]

it says in this article they originally thought the remains were of rachel melon. they just have no idea who they belong too. i hope they don't get too may people's hopes up before finding the right answer.


http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/050405_ns_bones_examined.html

[carolina]

"Forensic experts say the bones are those of a white or Hispanic girl in her early teens"

http://www.nbc5.com/news/4455548/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=2265994&dppid=65193

[sharon25]

"Forensic experts say the bones are those of a white or Hispanic girl in her early teens"

http://www.nbc5.com/news/4455548/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=2265994&dppid=65193
I hope they can figure out who she is, and if not give the public more clues to go on to try and figure out who she is.

[mysteriew]

Police on Saturday confirmed that bones found late last month on the Far South Side are not those of missing sisters Tionda and Diamond Bradley.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0505220488may22,1,6719104.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed

[carolina]

has anyone maybe seen anything that says how long they think the bones have been there for?

[BirdieBoo]

Bump. Another thread has been started, perhaps the two can be merged.

[mysteriew]

Investigators may have ruled out a link between human bones found on Chicago's South Side and two high-profile missing children cases.

Forensic experts say the bones are those of a white or Hispanic girl in her early teens. That would rule out a connection to either Tionda or Diamond Bradley, sisters who disappeared in July of 2001 from their South Side home.

DNA tests still need to be completed for further information.
http://www.nbc5.com/news/4455548/detail.html

[Old Broad]

A new article on these 2 missing children, it's almost 5 years now since they've vanished. I am a bit confused when I searched here for threads to find there is a thread in the missing/located forum since these children have never been found?

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=special_coverage&id=4319273

Old Broad

[Soonerbebe]

This is SO sad. I never even heard of this case, until I read it here. My thoughts and prayers are with their family.

[SewingDeb]

(CBS) CHICAGO A possible new lead in the search for two young South Side sisters comes nearly five years after their disappearance.

Thursday marks the anniversary of the disappearance of Diamond and Tionda Bradley.

As CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports, a telephone call is now giving the family new hope.

According to police, a woman called the tip line last week. She didn't claim to be a psychic, but what she told them got their attention.

An entire room at the police station is devoted to paperwork involving Tionda and Diamond Bradley.

and

Biggane says she got a phone call last week from a woman who said she had a dream about the girls, but Biggane thinks the dream may be an excuse just to talk and what the woman said got the detective's attention.

"It makes me believe they are alive," she said. "Some of the information is credible, which makes me want to pursue this lead a little bit farther."

~more at link (http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_186144359.html)~

[Lakergirl123]

This is fabulous news.

Praying for these sisters!!!!!! :woohoo: :woohoo:

[lisag]

I am sooooo hoping this tip leads to something!!
Fiver years is much too long to go without answers!

I hope the girls are alive!!!

[Bobbisangel]

I am sooooo hoping this tip leads to something!!
Fiver years is much too long to go without answers!

I hope the girls are alive!!!




Wouldn't that be wonderful for the parents as well as the girls. That would be a miracle for sure. Hopfully someone took them that didn't have any children and just wanted two little girls and has loved them and taken good care of them all of this time. Prayers that they will find the girls soon.

[missacorah]

This is a really sad case. I guess all we can hope for at the best is that these two little beauties are together, perhaps with the man who thought he was one of their fathers? At least then they would be with someone for the right reasons(ie he loved them so much he wanted them with him). Has this man been checked out and cleared?

Also I cant understand why the mother Tracy was described as being uncooperative. Why would you be like this if your child was missing? It said in a couple of reports that tracy came home at 11 am but several witnesses said that the girls were seen playing outside the residence at 12pm so what happened there?

Also I wonder if it was customary for the girls to leave a note for mum saying they were poping to the shop. Would mum have thought that was fine and not started looking for them till later or would that have been a warning sign to her?

[Rle7]

Since Shawn Hornbeck disappeared four and a half years ago, his parents made it their mission to help other families of missing children.

A woman from Fridley, Minn., said she owes a great deal to Hornbeck's family and is celebrating Shawn's return home after he and another boy were found in Missouri on Friday.

Shelia Bradley-Smith knows the pain and worry when a child is missing.

"It's indescribable. I wouldn't wish it on the devil himself," she said.

Her great nieces, Tionda and Diamond Bradley, have been missing from Chicago since 2001. They were 10- and 3-years old when they disappeared.

She has been working to keep the search for the girls alive. The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation has been a big part of that effort by providing funds and support.

http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_013223733.html

[phylliyum]

whatever came from that tip???? does anyone know? I've looked but i can't find anything.

[bykerladi]

The sisters have a new website: http://www.bradleysisters.com/ The old one appears to have been disabled.

I wasn't able to find out any more information about that tip from the caller. I didn't see anything new on the great aunt's webpage... But it raises a question for me - where is the mother?

[Bobbisangel]

On Nancy Grace this week the girls aunts said that the girls never left notes for their mother because they had axcess to her cell phone. She said that the note was compared to the older girl's handwriting and it was her handwriting but she said the grammer wasn't like the older girl's grammer. They also compared that to a letter the girl had written a few months before.

What I found was interesting was that the oldest girl did leave a message on her mom's phone. There were two men named George in the family's life. One was the mother's boyfriend and one was a neighbor man.

The message said that George was at the door and she wanted to know if she should let him in. Then she said that the two girls were going to some store with George and they were going to pick up a birthday cake for Vicky..another sister and then they were going to pick up the mother at work.

That sounds to me that it was the boyfriend George that was taking them to the store to get a birthday cake and then pick up mom at work. They were never heard of again. The aunt didn't mention that a cake had been found at their home. She said she thought the note that was left was written under diress.

The oldest girl would be 19 now I think. Wouldn't you think that she would have contacted her mother by now if she was still alive? She was old enough not to forget her mom when she disappeared.

I wonder how good of a look LE took at this George at the time the girls disappeared.

[HollywoodBound]

George is the father of Diamond according to amw.com This means the girl had to call her mother to ask if the father of her sister could come in. Still seems more likely then a neighbor getting a cake and picking the mother up but also a little unusual. It said George and the mother were the last 2 to see the girls alive.

[gidget641]

It is the 6 year anniversary of the disappearance of these little sisters


From channel 7 (abc) news
July 6, 2007 - A prayer walk and vigil Friday will mark the sixth year anniversary of the disappearance of two sisters from the South Side of Chicago.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5455619

[maiseyjane]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-missingjul07,1,756618.story?coll=chi-news-hed




Web photo revives hope for missing girls
Relatives mark Bradley sisters' disappearance

By Monique Garcia
Tribune staff reporter
Published July 7, 2007

Six years after the Bradley sisters vanished from their South Side apartment, family members have renewed hope the girls will be found safe after discovering what they say is a recent photo of one of the girls on a Web site.

Shelia Bradley-Smith, the girls' aunt, said she believes the photo is of Tionda, who would now be 16.

MORE AT LINK ABOVE

[Mr. E]

The family is reluctant to release the photo at this time, according to one article I read. I wonder why?

[meggilyweggily]

The family is reluctant to release the photo at this time, according to one article I read. I wonder why?


The police maybe advised them not to. And if it's not her, it might cause embarrassment for the person whom it really is.

[Spazkat9696]

The family is reluctant to release the photo at this time, according to one article I read. I wonder why?

Maybe they don't want to tip anyone off. The police can track down where the website is hosted and maybe even the picture. I just hope it wasn't on a Noreen Gosch type site.

[Angels_Not_Forgotten]

I can't get the website (theirs) to pull up, it keeps saying it has been disabled. Anyone know anything about that?

[missacorah]

Fingers crossed they will soon be reunited with their families. In my opinion these girls are definitely with a family member not a stranger.

[Idaho4Groenes]

They finally did release the photo of the girl they believe to be Tionda.


"As CBS 2's Mike Parker reports, now a photograph has surfaced on the Internet on a MySpace page by someone named "Angelique." Although tracing the source of the picture has been fruitless so far, the girls’ aunt believes it could well be a picture of Tionda, who would be 16 today.

"That's my niece. I'm telling you that's my niece. And if it's not my niece, only DNA can prove me different,” said Shelia Bradley Smith.

A West Side pastor who has been counseling the family thinks she may be right.

"It looks like a very close resemblance,” said Rev. Paul Jakes.

The family has posted the mystery photo on their Web site, FindTiondaAndDiamond.com (http://www.findtiondanddiamond.com/).

"I need for the community, anybody throughout the United States or internationally to just take a look at the picture. Maybe they know who that girl is, because if it was put on there as a joke or a hoax, we need to just know,” Bradley Smith said.

More At Link: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_239153718.html

[emma l]

This girl does look very smiliar. My first reaction is to say that its so very unlikely that this would be her. But then I think back to Shawn Hornbeck. We all know now that he was a member of soem of these social networking sites during the time he was missing.

What do you all think?

[missacorah]

Looks very plausible indeed. I think Shawns recovery has given all these older cases hope people perhaps wouldnt have had for them before.

[jantel74]

It does look a lot like Tionda. I wonder if there were any pictures of Diamond on the site? I guess not or it would be very likely that it is them.

[Mr. E]

Wow. It really looks like her. But I am a hopeful optimist.

[Ang50]

It really does look like her. I wonder how much she resembles her mother or father and if this picture looks like them.

[pan05]

It really does look like her, wouldn`t it be fantastic if it was??:clap:

[Jeana (DP)]

We've heard from a family spokesperson and are in the process of registering her. I know that you all will treat her as we do all of our victims' families and welcome her with open arms!!!!

[pan05]

I really hope this is her, their mother just wants them to come home so they can be a family again ... I am keeping all my fingers and toes crossed on this one

[Cubby]

I really hope this is her, their mother just wants them to come home so they can be a family again ... I am keeping all my fingers and toes crossed on this one


Me too. I wonder why LE is unable to determine where the photo originated.

[Jeana (DP)]

Hopefully, the family spokesperson will be able to answer some of these questions.

[mjak]

Welcome to the family spokesperson. If you are the aunt who I have seen on Nancy Grace and with the wonderful website I want to tell you that I think you are doing an amazing job advocating for your niecies and other missing children. They are blessed to have you and I hope and pray they are returned to you and your family. Welcome to websleuths.

mjak

[Sheliah]

Hello Readers,
I thank you for the invite and I am eager to answer questions within my reasonable means. I am glad to be here and please forward the following message to everyone you know. Thanks for all the prayers, support, and devotion you have and continues to give to my family We do have an official website with pictures and details about Tionda and Diamond.

I HAVE POSTED A PHOTO OF WHO WE THINK MAY BE TIONDA BRADLEY; ONE OF MY KIDNAPPED NIECES. GO TO www.findtiondanddiamond.com to view the photo! IF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS GIRL YOU ARE URGED TO CALL THE PROPER AUTHORITIES...... TIONDA AND DIAMOND HAVE BEEN MISSING FOR 6 YEARS NOW AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH --- TIME FOR SOMEONE TO SPEAK UP AND SEND THEM HOME. GO LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND IF YOU KNOW THIS GIRL THEN YOU NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND LET SOMEONE KNOW. DONT DISMISS IT AS SPAM --- THIS IS REAL MISSING GIRLS WITH REAL FAMILY THAT MISSES THEM...................IT JUST TAKES 5 SECONDS FOR YOU TO LOOK AND SAY: "NOPE! HAVENT SEEN HER BEFORE. OR "WOW THAT IS MA BEST FRIEND OR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR" If you are my friends like you say you are -- you will take 5 seconds look at the site and make sure you do or dont know her.

Family of kidnapped sisters may have photo of Tionda Bradley. Please visit their website at www.findtiondanddiamond.com for all the information and pictures. She may be in your area. If you see the girl in the black, please call 1-312-746-9690 or 1-800-843-5678. There is a $30.000.00 reward for information leading directly to the whereabouts of Tionda and Diamond Bradley. Please help!

Thank you for your help and GOD BLESS!

[Angie4b1g]

I hope you are right and that it is her, and not just some prank (which is what it seems like to me). Thoughts and prayers for your family!

[Sheliah]

I submitted her photos to the national center a while ago and they allowed the forensic people to look at it and said they cannot rule it out. That is what made me finally put the photos out. They did also say that they cannot officially say it is.

[mjak]

I have repeatedly looked at the picture for the past two days and I have to say the resembalance is striking. I have seen many photos of alledged missing chldren and this is by for the most striking one I have seen. This photo deffinitly needs to be ID'd one way or the other. The bone structure, nose are just so similiar. There has to be a way to track down the origin of this photo.

mjak

[Sheliah]

That is another reason I released the photos because not being able to track it is unacceptable.

[Sheliah]

Actually she is doing a little better and is very hopeful.

[Sheliah]

I thought I was addressing the post on the previous page about the children's mother. Oooops!

[Cubby]

Hi Sheliah and welcome to WS.

I too think the photo has a striking resemblence. I am praying this is Tionda and not a hoax, with someone who found a look-a-like.

Can you tell us why LE (law enforcement) has not been able to determine where this photo originated? I'm surprised they are not able to determine the ISP address of whomever sent it.

Thanks, welcome, and tons of prayers to you and your family.

[Sheliah]

They tracked the photo to a twelve year old girl that didn't want to use her own photo; so she claims to have gotten it off the internet. The investigation about the photo is still pending, but were are hoping someone will recognize the photo and call the National Center.

[Sheliah]

I am going to take a time out, we received over 600 emails about the photo and I have been checking them all day. I will log back on later if someone is on. Thanks all for your prayers, caring hearts, and for the invite.

[Cubby]

The source then should be accesible via the 12 yr olds hard drive. If LE can get access to it....... I think. I would hope the 12 yr olds parents would be willing to help and allow access to the computer.

There are a lot of wonderful, amazing people here on WS. I hope we can help provide some answers and find those two beautiful girls.

Does the family think they are still in the area? Chicagoland, that is.... and, forgive me, I have not followed all the news articles, is it believed someone who knew the family abducted these two girls? My memory goes back to when the story was first reported, long before my internet days.

My gut tells me this was someone familiar with the family, in some way. My gut also tells me these two girls are still alive.... somewhere.....

Thanks, this is on my daily check list.

Ok, no hurry......... Keep us posted when you can..... and let us know how we can help. I'm semi local in the next county over........

[mjak]

That is another reason I released the photos because not being able to track it is unacceptable.

Yes it is unacceptable. As someone else said the source should be determinable from the 12 year olds hard drive or at least that should be checked. We can use a satalite in space to identify a car no earth , we can put men on the moon and we transplant organs from one person to another; how can we be unable to determine the origin of a single photo on the internet?? It dose not make sense to me. Very fustrating.

mjak

[jantel74]

Welcome, Sheliah. I really hope that Tionda and Diamond come home soon. Six years is way too long for them to be gone. I've looked at the pictures several times. The resemblance is unreal. I'll be shocked if it's not her.

[diamondgirl]

I'm a total skeptic, but that picture really does look like her. I'm in Chicago and when this story first came out I really thought they were gonna find them right away. I can't believe they're still not found. This story has always really stuck with me.

[missacorah]

Me too. Something about these 2 little girls has really captured peoples hearts.

[Ang50]

Any updates??

[chicoliving]

The family of a missing man is helping in the search for two little girls who vanished six years ago.

Tionda and Diamond Bradley now have their first billboard, located on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 84th Street.

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/tionda.diamond.bradley.2.611499.html

[Gina_M]

I am so glad to hear that the billboard is up! I wish more could be found out about that "mystery girl" that might be Tionda.

[pixies]

Has the family been completely ruled out by LE? What about the 2 Georges?

[Gina_M]

That's an interesting coincidence. For a minute I thought you were talking about the Anna Waters case, which also involves two people named George (often referred to as the "2 Georges").

Here are their Charley Project pages:
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/bradley_tionda.html
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/bradley_diamond.html

[HollywoodBound]

Bumping this case. Were the photo's from the 12 year old ever identified?

[Cubby]

According to the site Sheliah Bradley, the girls aunt set up, no, the source of the picture has not yet been identified. Not sure what is taking so long.:mad:

Here is a link to her site. Pictures of the unidentified possible match are listed under her events section.
http://www.findtiondanddiamond.com/

A few other updates as well.... music wise.


Please keep Sheliah in your prayers, I have read elsewhere she is frustrated with this search for various reasons. She needs our prayers and support right now.

[HollywoodBound]

Yes, I saw the picture was still up too. I was hoping maybe the picture was IDed but the site just hadn't been updated. I can not believe how long it is taking. I would have thought the 12 year old's computer should have an archived search history to help find where she got it from. I'm sure there are a lot of legalities though in searching someones computer, maybe they couldn't get approval to do so.

[Cubby]

Yes, I saw the picture was still up too. I was hoping maybe the picture was IDed but the site just hadn't been updated. I can not believe how long it is taking. I would have thought the 12 year old's computer should have an archived search history to help find where she got it from. I'm sure there are a lot of legalities though in searching someones computer, maybe they couldn't get approval to do so.


And how cooperative the 12 yr olds parents are with LE. I would hope they are being cooperative and it's something else. Doesn't sound like anyone knows.

[HollywoodBound]

Bumping this thread.

[Cubby]

Thanks for bumping this thread. I was just thinking about Tionda and Diamond yesterday. It looks like Sheliah has updated her site. Some new pics, and stories. The unidentified Tionda look like is still there so I assume there is still no news.


Prayers for the Bradley sisters and family.

[emma l]

And how cooperative the 12 yr olds parents are with LE. I would hope they are being cooperative and it's something else. Doesn't sound like anyone knows.


I think it depends where it originated. Its actually pretty easy to block your IP address and prevent people tracing you. Theres even a website you can channel emails/posts through which generates a IP address for you, making you almost untracable. If the person who this girl sourced the photo from is even remotely technically minded- and even if it came off their own website- they would be hard, if not impossible to trace if they wanted to be. Plus websites dissapear all the time. Thats the problem with the internet- its totally anonymous with a little bit of work.

IMO it would be easier to start backwards. IE: Get the photo as much publicity as possible and hope that someone comes forward to identify the girl.

Also- it is not impossible that this is really her. Look at Shawn Hornbeck. He had numerous internet profiles whilst he was abducted. Its just that the internet is so vast that no one who knew him from his "past life" came across them.

[chicoliving]

A great aunt of the missing Bradley sisters aays an expert told her the girl in a photo sent to the family last year appears to be of Tionda.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6116324


more at this link

http://www.nbc5.com/news/16116960/detail.html?dl=mainclick

[meggilyweggily]

I don't think the picture is of Tionda. It certainly looks like her, and it could be her, but I've seen way too many cases where the family identified a photo as that of a missing person and it turned out to be someone completely unrelated.

[LillyRush]

I think the girl looks like Tionda. I hope they're able to successfully figure out if it's her.

[Mr. E]

I'd be so excited and happy if it was her, but I've become so wary about such identifications. What about Diamond? Why wasn't a pic forwarded of a girl that looks like her? If there had been, I'd be more likely to believe.

Goodness, I've become skeptical. I used to believe far-out theories at the drop of a hat!

[lew657]

Question - does that new photo look like a school pic? I am wondering if the checked the websites for school photographers. They often use pics from student shoots.

[meggilyweggily]

Question - does that new photo look like a school pic? I am wondering if the checked the websites for school photographers. They often use pics from student shoots.


It doesn't look like a school picture to me. Just an ordinary snapshot.

[Trino]

There's a $30,000 reward. I'm guessing if she has a My Space page, someone knows her and with the story making headlines, they'll come forward.

[Spazkat9696]

Another link http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353951,00.html I hope Diamond is OK.

[White Rain]

Sorry guys...I posted this as well on another thread of theirs...I didn't know they had more than one. Anyway I hope it's her!

[Marie]

Interesting. I can't tell if the pics are of the same girl, but I did a little research on Lois Gibson, the forensic artist, and it seems that she's highly respected.

"... probably the most respected forensic artist and facial expert in the world." "Internationally Acclaimed." In The Guinness Book of World Records as "The World's Most Successful Forensic Artist" for the highest crime solving rate based on composite sketches. Etc.

She did the drawing for Galveston's "Baby Grace" (id'd as Riley Ann Sawyers), and also of the little boy (still unidentified) whose body was found in DuPage County.

Here's her website. (http://www.loisgibson.com/)


A great aunt of the missing Bradley sisters aays an expert told her the girl in a photo sent to the family last year appears to be of Tionda.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6116324


more at this link

http://www.nbc5.com/news/16116960/detail.html?dl=mainclick

[White Rain]

The mystery girl has been located!!!!

http://www.findtiondanddiamond.com/

[meggilyweggily]

It looks like the photo isn't of Tionda then. I figured as much. I've seen several cases of strangers that look like identical twins. I wish the picture had been of Tionda. Her family deserves answers.

[JanetElaine]

It looks like the photo isn't of Tionda then. I figured as much. I've seen several cases of strangers that look like identical twins. I wish the picture had been of Tionda. Her family deserves answers.

The announcement actually says they are still waiting on verification whether she is or is not Tionda (caps and color copied from http://www.findtiondanddiamond.com/):

WE ARE STILL AWAITING FINAL
VERIFICATION TO CONFIRM THAT SHE IS OR IS NOT TIONDA.

There's still hope. :)

[Cubby]

WOW! That was fast! I wonder how they located her. Will be waiting on news whether or not this mystery girl is Tionda.

Thanks SO much for the update White Rain!

[SeriouslySearching]

I am glad they will be able to find out if it is her or not. I hope the girl's "parents" are willing to cooperate for testing and not drag this out.

[Cubby]

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/tionda.bradley.diamond.2.715402.html

Mystery girls father in California..... more at link

[Spazkat9696]

There are still two threads for this case.

[AmandaBrown23]

I didnt think it looked like her but I sure would have been happy to find out that it was. Now that family is feeling all the pain all over again. I feel so bad for them.

[Cubby]

There are still two threads for this case.


Someone asked about merging the threads early on in the other thread and the mods decided against it. Which, imvho, I agree with. Too much off topic on the other thread. :twocents:

[Mr. E]

So who sent the family the mystery girl's picture with the note "This is your sister Tionda"?

[LillyRush]

Also, it's strange that they would say "sister", since the person they were sending it to was her aunt and other family members. Sounds like whomever sent it was a little confused on the case details. But, I hope that everyone cooperates and they can figure out for sure if it's her or if it was some kind of prank.

[Mr. E]

Also, it's strange that they would say "sister", since the person they were sending it to was her aunt and other family members. Sounds like whomever sent it was a little confused on the case details. But, I hope that everyone cooperates and they can figure out for sure if it's her or if it was some kind of prank.

I took "sister" to be the familiar, African American meaning of the word. I think the note actually read "This is yo sistah Tionda," if I recall correctly. Not sister literally, but rather familiarly.

[Gina_M]

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/tionda.bradley.diamond.2.715402.html

Mystery girls father in California..... more at link

It sounds like the girl's dad is being understanding and cooperative. He is right, too, that the mystery photo helped the case receive more national attention.

[BeavisMom62]

I never read this thread before, but I remembered seeing the names. We had a local morning show here in FL this morning that had something about the case and they interviewed the forensic artist lady who still thinks its Tionda. I think the mystery girls dad was there too, but it was after 9:00 am and I was late for work so I didn't see it. I'll have to see if there is a website for that show. If anyone wants to look, its the "Morning Show with Mike and Juliet" on Fox.

[Cubby]

Bumping for Tionda and Diamond. Today is the 7th anniversary of the girls being missing.
Prayers their family finds answers.

[anthrobones]

The website for the girls doesn't work for me. It says Error.

[Cubby]

The website for the girls doesn't work for me. It says Error.


http://www.findtiondanddiamond.com/

It's working fine for me.

[Lucy's mom]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/23/grace.bradley.sisters/index.html

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two little girls vanished on a warm summer day from a playground near their home on Chicago's South Side. Seven years have gone by since Tionda Bradley, 10, and her sister Diamond, 3, went missing.


This photo shows what Diamond Bradley might look like today. She would be 10.

1 of 2 The girls were left alone at home on July 6, 2001, while their mother, Tracey Bradley, went to work. Bradley last saw her daughters at 6 a.m., as she kissed each goodbye, leaving them to sleep a little while longer.

She returned at 11 a.m. to find the girls gone and a note in Tionda's writing saying they were going to the store and to play at a nearby school. Bradley searched for her daughters frantically that day. By nightfall, she called police for help.

For weeks, police, family, friends and volunteers combed Chicago by foot, air and boat. Dogs were used. Divers searched the ponds and lakes.

Investigators followed up every tip, and at one point desperate family members consulted well-known psychic Gale St. John. But the girls had disappeared without a trace.