In the spring of 2007, a young woman named Redell Latrice Wimpie vanished from her home in Chicago, Illinois, leaving behind a void of information and a family searching for answers. On May 8, 2007, the 28-year-old was last seen at her residence in the 6300 block of South Rockwell Street around 2:00 p.m. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a blue sweatshirt and baggy blue jeans.
Since that afternoon, no one has reported hearing from or seeing Redell again, and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance remain a mystery with very few details available to the public.
Redell, who also went by the nicknames 'Red' and 'Aleisha,' was a Black female with black hair and brown eyes. She was known to frequently wear a short blonde wig. Her distinguishing features included several tattoos: the name 'JASON' on her upper arm, the phrase 'Hustle and Flow' with large dice in the middle on her left arm, and her nickname 'Red' on her right arm. Additionally, both of her ears were double-pierced. At the time she went missing, she was described as being 5'6' tall and weighing between 110 and 115 pounds.
The Chicago Police Department is handling the investigation into Redell's disappearance. Despite the passage of time, her case remains open and is listed in national databases for missing persons, including NamUs under case number MP12722. Law enforcement and her loved ones continue to hope for a resolution. The case is a quiet but persistent tragedy, a story of a woman who was there one moment and gone the next, leaving only memories and unanswered questions in her wake. The lack of significant leads has made the investigation challenging, but the hope remains that someone, somewhere, holds the key to understanding what happened to Redell Wimpie.Last Seen: May 8, 2007
