A 26-year-old Cleveland woman has not been seen since July 31, and now a television station best known for its work reuniting missing people with their families is stepping in to help find her. Arielle Stephens has been missing for more than five weeks, and the search for her is being amplified through a media partnership that has become a fixture of Northeast Ohio’s missing-persons landscape.
According to FOX 8 News, the station is working with Amanda Berry to find Stephens, whose disappearance from Cleveland was first reported on July 31. Anyone with information is asked to call 216-623-5033. Berry, who survived a decade in captivity in Cleveland after being abducted in 2003 at age 16 before escaping in May 2013 with two fellow captives and her young daughter, has hosted a daily segment on the station since February 2017 dedicated to publicizing missing adult and child cases across the region, according to NewsNation.
Berry’s own story is part of why her involvement in cases like this one carries weight locally. Her escape more than a decade ago turned her into one of the region’s most trusted advocates for families searching for missing loved ones, and she has since helped families with missing loved ones, per NewsNation.
How Tips Reach Investigators
The phone number provided in the FOX 8 report, 216-623-5033, connects to the Cleveland Division of Police’s Public Information Officer line rather than its dedicated Missing Persons Unit, which is reachable separately at 216-623-5263, according to the City of Cleveland. The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office also operates a centralized missing persons tracking portal and tip intake system that supports municipal search efforts across the county, per Cuyahoga County…