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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
Girl who went missing aged one in 2021 during visit with mom is FOUND ALIVE three years on
A little girl who disappeared in 2021 at the age of one has been found alive more than three years later. Blessing Wasso, now four, vanished on November 5, 2021 along with her mother Erika Ephraim - also known as Ericka Wasso - during a supervised visit at a Brighton Park facility in Chicago, Illinois. At the time, the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) had legal custody of the toddler and reported both Blessing and her mother missing. The case went cold until this spring when the Chicago Police Department issued a renewed missing person bulletin which suggested the pair may have fled to California or Texas. But this month, a major breakthrough in the case came when U.S. Marshals and Chicago Police Department (CPD) tracked down the pair to a home in Chicago. The U.S. Marshals Service issued a press release announcing that CPD had helped locate a missing infant on January 1, 2025. A source confirmed to CWB Chicago that the infant was Blessing. Chicago police confirmed that both mother and daughter were 'safely located' as of June 6. The breakthrough came after investigators spotted a young girl peering out of a second-floor window who looking strikingly alike to an age-progressed photo of Blessing. On June 3, officers launched a tactical operation at the home, forcing their way inside. Blessing was found inside and immediately placed back into protective custody, according to a U.S. Marshals press release. The little girl, who remains a ward of the state, was returned to DCFS after spending over three years in hiding. Officers arrested Ephraim as she tried to flee. She was arrested on various charges, including one for full extradition from the California Department of Corrections and others related to retail theft, stolen property, and robbery across Illinois and California.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Daily Mail
Girl who was abducted aged just one in 2021 is FOUND safe three years on
A little girl who disappeared in 2021 at the age of 1 has been found safe more than three years later. Blessing Wasso, now 4, vanished on November 5, 2021, after her mother Erika Ephraim - also known as Ericka Wasso - disappeared with her during a supervised visit at a Brighton Park facility in Chicago. At the time, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) had legal custody of the toddler and reported both Blessing and her mother missing. The case went cold until this spring when the Chicago Police Department issued a renewed missing person bulletin which suggested the pair may have fled to California or Texas. But this month, a major breakthrough in the case came when US Marshals and Chicago police tracked the pair down to a home in Chicago. US Marshals Service issued a press release Monday announcing that CPD had helped locate a missing infant on January 1, 2025. A source confirmed to CWB Chicago that the infant was Blessing. Chicago police confirmed that both mother and daughter were 'safely located' as of June 6. The breakthrough came after investigators spotted a young girl peering out of a second-floor window who looking strikingly alike to an age-progressed photo of Blessing. On June 3, officers launched a tactical operation at the home, forcing their way inside. Blessing was found inside and immediately placed back into protective custody, according to a U.S. Marshals press release. The little girl, who remains a ward of the state, was returned to DCFS after spending over three years in hiding. Officers arrested Ephraim as she tried to flee. Ephraim is now being held in Cook County Jail. She was arrested on various charges, including one for full extradition from the California Department of Corrections and others related to retail theft, stolen property, and robbery across Illinois and California.
