Missing Chicago Teen Takaylah Tribitt ID’d As Body Found In Gary Indiana

CHICAGO, IL. (THECOUNT) — Chicago teenager, Takaylah Tribitt, who went missing from West Town in Chicago in September, has been identified as the same girl found dead in Gary, Indiana, later that month, according to Sunday reports.

Tribitt, 14, was found dead Sept. 16 in an alley near 20th Avenue and Pennsylvania Street, the Lake County sheriff’s office said Sunday.

“We can confirm that, through the use of DNA technology, we have been able to identify the 14-year-old female victim as Takaylah Tribitt, of Chicago,” Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez said. “We are actively pursuing several leads on both sides of the Illinois/Indiana border in the search for suspects and information in the case,” reports FOX32.

Tribbit went missing weeks earlier in the 1100 block of North Noble Street in West Town, Chicago police said.

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