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Tionda and Diamond Bradley (Missing Children)
Sisters disappeared mysteriously from the streets near their Chicago apartment after apparently going outside to play.
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Tionda (10) was a lovely young girl, who ran track at school, loved dancing, and is fondly remembered by her cousin as speeding down the streets on her bicycle. She even won local awards for her running and gymnastic abilities. At home, she was particularly an excellent big sister to little Diamond (3). Their relationship wasn’t always smooth sailing ( what siblings are?) as Diamond was at the age when a toddler begins expressing their rapidly developing personalities — sometimes a bit stubbornly — and the sisters did sometimes argue.
Their family remembers the little things still: Diamond was always jumping on the couch and sneaking food from others. Tionda’s favorite song was Queen’s ‘I Want it All’ and her favorite movie was ‘Blade’ — she also enjoyed playing dolls with her older sisters.
There were four girls in total — Rita (12), Tionda (10), Victoria (8), and Diamond (3), but only Tionda and Diamond were at home that day together. Rita and Victoria were staying at their grandmother’s and planning to celebrate Victoria’s birthday which was on Saturday. Their mother later said she had made plans to take the girls on a camping trip up in Indiana with Diamond’s father (Barker, 2002). Those plans never materialized.
On that fateful Friday morning, Diamond’s father ( George Washington) arrived at around 4:30am, whereupon he stayed until he took Tracey to work at…
