Identified! IL - Lake Michigan near Waukegan, BlkFem, 18-40, pregnant, Aug'21 - Yarianna G. Wheeler *Arrest*

[samsmom]

It’s been awhile since I started a thread but I saw this article and did a quick search here but didn’t see anything. So here goes:

Police have released a sketch and are seeking the public’s help in identifying a pregnant woman who was found dead in Lake Michigan near Waukegan earlier this week.

Police release sketch of pregnant woman found dead in Lake Michigan near Waukegan

How do you make this show up as a picture?

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[Skylark6]

Just came here to see if this had been posted.

Manicured fingernails and toenails and sounds nicely dressed. Everyone is different but I would imagine at that stage of pregnancy painting one's own toenails could be difficult. Certainly could have been homeless but suggests otherwise. And so far along in pregnancy - you'd think at least a few people would be aware and awaiting the birth. Very sad.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

From the above link.
The woman was described as an African American female between the age of 18-40. She is approximately 5-feet-4, 150-170 pounds, six to seven months pregnant, and had brown eyes and black hair likely pulled back into a bun.

For reference, Waukegan is kind of known as the midpoint between Chicago and Milwaukee.

 

[SleuthyLou]

I was just north of this location a couple of weeks before. Wonder how no one has reported her missing. How sad…to say the least.

 

[Reasonable & Just]

I'm so sorry, honey, for you and for your little one. Rest together in paradise, and I hope the people who love you get answers soon.

 

[Laughing]

I was just north of this location a couple of weeks before. Wonder how no one has reported her missing. How sad…to say the least.

By any chance were you at Illinois Beach State Park? We stayed in the campground once. I wondered about this part of the lakeshore, with 2 drowning victims found.

(Since this is the Illinois lakeshore that I visited, well everyone must go to the same spot, right???)

 

[Bit of hope]

The Coast Guard found her body about three miles southeast of Waukegan Harbor.

It is believed she was in the water for no more than seven to 12 days, and she might have entered the water anywhere from the northern Indiana shoreline to the northern Illinois shoreline of Lake Michigan.

Police Seek Help Identifying Body Of Pregnant Woman Recovered From Lake Michigan

Jane Doe looks IMO a lot like this missing woman, Blotter – Page 2 – News and Alerts from PPD Ijaya Tett, but there is not a lot about her out there. I can't even get access to this site. She is from Pennsylvania, 21 years old....it seems like she already run away in 2005, but was found safe then. I found a FB site that might be her's. The missing woman might have a tattoo on her arm...not mentioned with this UID.

 

[Katbrew]

Oh,my God , is all that I can bring myself to say.

 

[Speculaytor]

The Coast Guard found her body about three miles southeast of Waukegan Harbor.

It is believed she was in the water for no more than seven to 12 days, and she might have entered the water anywhere from the northern Indiana shoreline to the northern Illinois shoreline of Lake Michigan.

Police Seek Help Identifying Body Of Pregnant Woman Recovered From Lake Michigan

Jane Doe looks IMO a lot like this missing woman, Blotter – Page 2 – News and Alerts from PPD Ijaya Tett, but there is not a lot about her out there. I can't even get access to this site. She is from Pennsylvania, 21 years old....it seems like she already run away in 2005, but was found safe then. I found a FB site that might be her's. The missing woman might have a tattoo on her arm...not mentioned with this UID.

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Amazing. The lips and nose are identical. Open her eyes just a bit and they are twins.

 

[Diavola]

The Coast Guard found her body about three miles southeast of Waukegan Harbor.

It is believed she was in the water for no more than seven to 12 days, and she might have entered the water anywhere from the northern Indiana shoreline to the northern Illinois shoreline of Lake Michigan.

Police Seek Help Identifying Body Of Pregnant Woman Recovered From Lake Michigan

Jane Doe looks IMO a lot like this missing woman, Blotter – Page 2 – News and Alerts from PPD Ijaya Tett, but there is not a lot about her out there. I can't even get access to this site. She is from Pennsylvania, 21 years old....it seems like she already run away in 2005, but was found safe then. I found a FB site that might be her's. The missing woman might have a tattoo on her arm...not mentioned with this UID.

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From the linked website:
[Ijaya] is 4’11”, 112 lbs, thin build, brown hair, brown eyes and various tattoos on both arms. She was last seen wearing a black long pants and black sweatshirt.

 

[Bit of hope]

From the linked website:
[Ijaya] is 4’11”, 112 lbs, thin build, brown hair, brown eyes and various tattoos on both arms. She was last seen wearing a black long pants and black sweatshirt.

Thank you.

 

[carbuff]

Every time I see an unidentified pregnant woman in Chicago, I think of Kierra Coles, but of course that was far too long ago to be this woman.

Who are you, beautiful? And who did this to you?

 

[Angel caraballo]

cheretha morrison

 

[Angel caraballo]

nevermind reading up on it more they police said it was not cheretha morrison .

 

[Al Ka]

Police appeal on their fb page with lots of comments - Log In or Sign Up to View

**UPDATE: Seeking Assistance in Identifying Woman**
Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives are seeking the community’s assistance in helping to identify the missing woman, “Lake Michigan Jane Doe,” pulled from Lake Michigan on August 15, 2021.

The woman was six to seven months pregnant. She was approximately 5 feet 4 inches and between 150-170 pounds. She had brown eyes and black har, likely pulled back into a bun. Her fingernails and toenails were manicured and painted white. She was wearing a pink colored summer dress.

It’s believed she was in the water for no more than seven to 12 days when recovered on August 15th, and she possibly entered the water anywhere from the northern Indiana shoreline to the northern Illinois shoreline of Lake Michigan.
If you have any information who this woman could be, please contact the Lake County Sheriff’s Detective Lana LeMons at 847-377-4148.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office thanks sketch artist Dirk Ollech of the Mount Prospect Police Department for the rendition of the recovered woman.
The body of the man recovered around the same time was positively identified as Martin Mendoza, 49, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, who drowned near the 63rd Street Harbor in Chicago on August 8, 2021.

Detectives are confident there is no relation between the bodies of Mendoza and “Lake Michigan Jane Doe.”

**Sheriff’s Detectives Investigating Two Bodies Recovered from Lake Michigan (issued 8/18/21)**

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two adult bodies recovered from Lake Michigan on Sunday, August 15.

The body of an adult woman was recovered by the United States Coast Guard just after 3:00 p.m., after a fisherman witnessed a body floating in the water approximately three miles southeast of the Waukegan Harbor.

A short time later, at approximately 4:30 p.m., a United States Coast Guard helicopter was conducting a training exercise approximately three miles east of the Lake Forest shoreline, when the crew spotted the body of an adult man floating in the water. The Coast Guard subsequently recovered the body.

It appears the woman is between the ages of 18-40. She is African American, approximately 5 feet, 4 inches, and 150-170 pounds. Her fingernails and toenails were painted. She was wearing a summer dress. Based on preliminary information, it appears she was in the water for no more than two weeks. Sheriff’s detectives are still working to identify her.

Sheriff’s detectives are currently working with Chicago Police Department to determine if the man was an individual who went missing in Lake Michigan on August 8, 2021. The man is Hispanic, approximately 5 feet 6 inches and 180 pounds.
If you have any information about the possible identity of the female, please call Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives at 847-377-4000.

 

[cvaldez1975]

if no one has reported her missing, it is likely her abusive partner who has isolated her from family. im so sorry mama....

 

[Vespertine]

If Ijaya is the same person arrested twice in Kent County, Michigan she certainly has ties to the right sort of area even if she officially went missing from Pennsylvania.

 

[akazia1978]

Police appeal on their fb page with lots of comments - Log In or Sign Up to View

**UPDATE: Seeking Assistance in Identifying Woman**
Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives are seeking the community’s assistance in helping to identify the missing woman, “Lake Michigan Jane Doe,” pulled from Lake Michigan on August 15, 2021.

The woman was six to seven months pregnant. She was approximately 5 feet 4 inches and between 150-170 pounds. She had brown eyes and black har, likely pulled back into a bun. Her fingernails and toenails were manicured and painted white. She was wearing a pink colored summer dress.

It’s believed she was in the water for no more than seven to 12 days when recovered on August 15th, and she possibly entered the water anywhere from the northern Indiana shoreline to the northern Illinois shoreline of Lake Michigan.
If you have any information who this woman could be, please contact the Lake County Sheriff’s Detective Lana LeMons at 847-377-4148.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office thanks sketch artist Dirk Ollech of the Mount Prospect Police Department for the rendition of the recovered woman.
The body of the man recovered around the same time was positively identified as Martin Mendoza, 49, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, who drowned near the 63rd Street Harbor in Chicago on August 8, 2021.

Detectives are confident there is no relation between the bodies of Mendoza and “Lake Michigan Jane Doe.”

**Sheriff’s Detectives Investigating Two Bodies Recovered from Lake Michigan (issued 8/18/21)**

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two adult bodies recovered from Lake Michigan on Sunday, August 15.

The body of an adult woman was recovered by the United States Coast Guard just after 3:00 p.m., after a fisherman witnessed a body floating in the water approximately three miles southeast of the Waukegan Harbor.

A short time later, at approximately 4:30 p.m., a United States Coast Guard helicopter was conducting a training exercise approximately three miles east of the Lake Forest shoreline, when the crew spotted the body of an adult man floating in the water. The Coast Guard subsequently recovered the body.

It appears the woman is between the ages of 18-40. She is African American, approximately 5 feet, 4 inches, and 150-170 pounds. Her fingernails and toenails were painted. She was wearing a summer dress. Based on preliminary information, it appears she was in the water for no more than two weeks. Sheriff’s detectives are still working to identify her.

Sheriff’s detectives are currently working with Chicago Police Department to determine if the man was an individual who went missing in Lake Michigan on August 8, 2021. The man is Hispanic, approximately 5 feet 6 inches and 180 pounds.
If you have any information about the possible identity of the female, please call Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives at 847-377-4000.

Taliyah McClinton would fit maybe. Has she been found? If not I was looking at Kijah Taylor, but that is a bit of a drive.

 

[Skylark6]

Police say pregnant woman found dead in Lake Michigan near Waukegan was murdered

By Sam Borcia
August 27, 2021
A 19-year-old pregnant woman found dead in Lake Michigan near Waukegan earlier this month is believed to have been murdered, detectives said.

“Due to the diligence of Lake County and surrounding area residents, sheriff’s detectives received dozens of tips as to the possible identity of ‘Lake Michigan Jane Doe,'” Lake County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Christopher Covelli said on Friday.

One of those tips led to a missing 19-year-old woman who was residing in Chicago, Covelli said.

Sheriff’s detectives obtained the dental records for the 19-year-old and the Lake County Coroner’s Office is working to confirm the identity.

An autopsy showed the woman had been stabbed. She had “several sharp force injuries” on her body, Covelli said.

Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the case as a homicide. The official cause of death is pending.
“Detectives feel confident the missing 19-year-old Chicago woman is ‘Lake Michigan Jane Doe,’ however, public identification is being withheld pending official confirmation,” Covelli said.

On August 15, a fisherman on Lake Michigan spotted a body floating in the water around 3 p.m. three miles southeast of the Waukegan Harbor.

She was six to seven months pregnant. Detectives believe the woman was in the water for no more than 7-12 days.

Covelli said the woman could have entered the water anywhere from the northern Indiana shoreline to the northern Illinois shoreline of Lake Michigan.

A sketch of the woman was created by Mount Prospect Police Detective Dirk Ollech and released on August 20.

Even though detectives believe they have identified the woman, they are still asking for the public’s help in providing information on the suspect or suspects involved in the woman’s death.
Those with tips are asked to contact the Lake County Sheriff’s Office at 847-377-4000.
Police say pregnant woman found dead in Lake Michigan near Waukegan was murdered

Name doesn't seem to be released yet.

 

[samsmom]

The 24 second video I watched was unhelpful. At least she has been identified. Sort of.