The Ugly Side of Teen Runaway Stories
Below is a short blurb I found today at the Chicago Daily Herald online:
Briefs: Body identified as teen
A body stuffed into a cardboard box a year ago on Chicago’s Northwest Side has been identified as that of a Danville teenager. Chicago police said Monday they were able to identify 17-year-old Marlaina “Niki” Reed with the help of a forensic artist, a magazine and an observant Chicago dental employee. Police say a photograph of an artist-produced clay model of the teen’s head and face and her dental X-rays were published in a dental magazine. That’s where the employee recognized her. Reed’s body was discovered last January. She’d been strangled and badly beaten, her body tied with cords. Police say Reed had lived in Chicago for about two years. They said she had lived in a group home and was a habitual runaway.
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