Account
Jun 30, 2009
Aug 21, 2023
Tionda
Bradley
33
10
50 inches
70 lbs
80 lbs
Black / African American
Female
On a summer morning in Chicago, Illinois, ten-year-old Tionda Bradley and her three-year-old sister, Diamond, vanished from their family's apartment. Their mother, Tracey Bradley, had left for her job around 6:00 AM, leaving Tionda and Diamond at home alone. The girls' two older sisters, Victoria and Rita, had spent the previous night at their grandmother's house. When Tracey Bradley returned from work shortly before noon, she was met with an unsettling silence inside her apartment. A search of the home revealed that the two young girls were gone. The only clue left behind was a note, reportedly in Tionda's handwriting, found on the back of a sofa. The note stated that the sisters were going to a nearby store and a school playground. This discovery marked the beginning of what would become one of the largest missing persons investigations in Chicago's history. The family initiated a frantic search of the neighborhood, checking the girls' favorite places, but found no trace of them. By that evening, they officially reported Tionda and Diamond missing to the police. The investigation that followed uncovered several perplexing details. There were no signs of forced entry at the Bradley's apartment. It was later discovered that Tionda had tried to call her mother at 8:17 AM that morning, leaving a voicemail stating that a man named "George" was at the door. This "George" was believed to be their mother's boyfriend, who had taken her to work that day. Investigators questioned him, and he gave conflicting stories about his whereabouts on the day the girls disappeared. Hairs matching Tionda's were reportedly found in the trunk of his car. Despite these suspicions, and the discovery of a store receipt for items like contractor bags and rubber gloves, no arrests were ever made in connection with their disappearance. Over the years, the case has been fraught with tips that led nowhere and heartbreaking false hopes for the family. The family, particularly the girls' great-aunt, Shelia Bradley-Smith, has been relentless in their advocacy, working to keep Tionda and Diamond's story in the public eye. The disappearance has had a lasting and devastating impact on their loved ones; their mother suffered from panic attacks, and their sister Victoria did not celebrate her own birthday for two decades. The case of Tionda and Diamond Bradley remains an unsolved and agonizing mystery. The investigation, which began with a handwritten note, grew into a massive search involving local police and the FBI, yet yielded no definitive answers. The prevailing belief is that the girls were taken by someone they knew. Despite the passage of time and the case now being considered a cold case, law enforcement and the family continue to seek information that might finally reveal what happened to the two sisters.
Jul 06, 2001
Chicago
Illinois
Cook County
60636
2609
Chicago Police Department - Area Central
Chicago
Illinois
Cook County
60609
5101 South Wentworth Avenue, Illinois
3127478380
Local
Law Enforcement
G-394-794
2001-07-06
Chicago Police Department - Area Central
Black
Brown
Brown
No
05/30/2026
