Prayers For Nailah Franklin As Police Continue Investigation

Prayers for
Nailah Franklin
continue
while police and
medical examiners
investigate


Yesterday's media reports that police in Calumet City had found Nailah Franklin's body haven't been confirmed, say family members in a Chicago Sun-Times report. Someone was found in Calumet City, but police and medical examiners are still working to identify the victim.

"They have absolutely not confirmed that the body found today is Nailah, so the family is still in prayer and holding out every bit of hope that this is not Nailah," family spokeswoman Angela Brooks said.

Missing person flyer
for Nailah Franklin
(click to enlarge)

Reports the Indianapolis Star:

WFLD-TV reported Thursday morning that Franklin’s uncle, Jon Merrill, and family friend Andrew Holmes told the station that authorities had confirmed the body to be Franklin.

But the family issued a statement this afternoon saying the body had not been officially identified as Franklin.

“This update is from Lehia Franklin Acox who is working directly with Chicago detectives at this time,” the statement read. Larson and Chicago Police spokeswoman Monique Bond both said the body had not been identified by Thursday afternoon.

My prayers continue to go out to Nailah Franklin and her family as well as all other victims of crime and their families. May we see a day when peace reigns and violence and crime is a distant memory of the past.