CHICAGO — An age progression photo is offering a new clue in the search for a Chicago teen who disappeared from the city’s South Side over two decades ago.
According to Chicago police, Nicole “Runny” Johnson went missing from the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood on Dec. 09, 2002, when she was just 16 years old.
Johnson would now be between 37 and 38 years of age.
Police say she was last seen by family members on the day of her disappearance and reports indicate that she was spotted two other times, four days later, on Dec. 13, 2002. Once in the 8700 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue and again in the 7900 block of South King Drive, in Chatham.
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Officials from the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, in conjunction with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, created an age progression image of Nicole Johnson, showing what she would look like at age 30. -
Nicole “Runny” Johnson went missing from the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood on Dec. 09, 2002, when she was just 16 years old.
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Nicole “Runny” Johnson at 16 years of age (left), age progression of Johnson at age 30 (right)
Officials from the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, in conjunction with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, created an age progression image of Johnson, showing what she would look like at age 30, in hopes of answering the decades-long question.
According to police, at the time of her disappearance, Johnson stood 5-foot-7 and weighed around 115 pounds.
Police say she has brown eyes and brown hair and had last been seen wearing hair extensions down to her shoulders. Authorities say she also has pierced ears.
Johnson was last spotted wearing blue jeans, a blue jean shirt, a black jacket with a red hood, and red & white jump shoes.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Nicole “Runny” Johnson is asked to contact the CPD Area SVU at 312-746-8380 or dial 911.
Those with information that could help authorities in their investigation can also leave a tip at CPDtip.com. Tips can be filed anonymously.
