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Families of missing women gather to mark another year with no information on their loved ones

Karen Phillips had hoped she wouldn’t have to attend another news conference for her daughter’s birthday. Phillips’ daughter, Kierra Coles, has been missing for five years. On Sunday, her daughter’s 31st birthday, Phillips, 52, gathered with family and others whose loved ones have disappeared to ask again for the public’s support as well as that of police and law enforcement in finding her ...
Karen Philips, the mother of Kierra Coles, holds a painting of her daughter during a press conference to celebrate her birthday in the Lower West Side neighborhood Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, in Chicago.

Karen Phillips had hoped she wouldn’t have to attend another news conference for her daughter’s birthday.

Phillips’ daughter, Kierra Coles, has been missing for five years. On Sunday, her daughter’s 31st birthday, Phillips, 52, gathered with family and others whose loved ones have disappeared to ask

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