206 Cases Solved. Advancing justice for missing persons, unsolved homicides, unidentified and unclaimed remains.
Case Description
Any updates on this case?
Arvella Louise Thomas, a 14-year-old African American girl, was tragically murdered on April 11, 1978, in Skokie, Illinois. Arvella was last seen around 11 p.m. at the Morse Avenue elevated train stop in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, where she was asking passersby for CTA fare to get home. Her body was discovered the next morning in Skokie, marking the beginning of a harrowing investigation into her untimely death.
The investigation revealed that Arvella had been brutally murde ...Read More
The investigation revealed that Arvella had been brutally murde ...Read More
Links to Additional Sources (6)
See any mistakes?Victim Details
Arvella Louise Thomas
Female
White / Caucasian
Skokie
IL
1978-04-11
14
Arvella
Louise Thomas
11/21/2025
Forum Posts (3)
I was reading through old newspaper archives about Arvella Louise Thomas and came across a detail th... ...Read More
01/23/2025
01/23/2025
I've been reading about Arvella Louise Thomas's case, and what strikes me the most is how vulnerable... ...Read More
08/20/2024
08/20/2024
I was reading more into Arvella Louise Thomas's case, and I can’t stop thinking about the dynamics... ...Read More
08/29/2023
08/29/2023
