A body found Thursday near a suburban Chicago forest preserve is that of Nailah Franklin, a 28-year-old pharmaceutical sales representative missing for more than a week.Nailah Franklin's uncle, Jon Merrill, and family friend and spokesman, Andrew Holmes, told WFLD-TV that authorities have confirmed the body is Franklin's.
Franklin's family gathered Thursday near where Calumet City Police Chief Russell Larson said officers discovered a woman's unclothed body. Chicago Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said the body was discovered about 4:46 a.m. Franklin's car had been found Friday night near an abandoned building in nearby Hammond, Ind. She recently had filed a police report about threatening phone calls she received from a man she dated briefly. Chicago police on Monday said they had interviewed someone Franklin dated, but have not named a suspect in her disappearance.
The sales representative for Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly was reported missing Sept. 19 after she didn't show up for a work meeting. Since then, family members and volunteers have papered the city with fliers and taken out a newspaper ad seeking the public's help. The family also has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts.
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