Kelly Juanita Staples was only six years old when she went missing. She disappeared in Chicago, Illinois (Cook County), on January 8, 1980. Her photo above (right) shows age-progression to 41 years, but she would be 51 now.
About
Kelly was last seen walking to her elementary school in the 73rd Street and Merrill Avenue area in the morning, and she hasn’t been seen since. Her case was classified as a non-family abduction.
Physical description
Kelly has black hair and brown eyes, and she has a birthmark on the left side of her chest. She was last seen wearing a brown and white striped cap, a brown scarf, a red plaid coat, blue jeans, and blue rubber boots. When she went missing, she was 3′ tall and weighed about 42 pounds.
Details
Kelly’s school was a few blocks from her home in the South Shore neighborhood. She never arrived for classes.…