Have you seen her?

Kierra Coles
Chicago, IL

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26-year-old Kierra Coles, a U.S. Postal worker in Chicago, was three months pregnant when she vanished on Oct. 2, 2018.

Kierra's mother, Karen Phillips, told local media she reported her daughter missing two days later on Oct. 4.

Thanks to surveillance video from multiple locations, detectives pieced together a timeline of Kierra's final moments before she disappeared, but they still need the public's help to solve this case.

​One video shows Kierra carrying groceries to her apartment on the 8100 Block of South Vernon and a man they call a person of interest, arriving shortly after. Hours later, a separate video shows Kierra and the man driving off in her car with the expectant mother behind the wheel, according to Chicago police.

​Surveillance video from a Walgreens on 8600 S. Cottage Grove shows Coles withdrawing money from an ATM at approximately 10:43 pm. This was the last confirmed sighting of Kierra, according to investigators.

An hour later, detectives say surveillance video shows Kierra's car arriving at a different part of the city and the man exiting the passenger side at 11:45 pm. No one exits the driver's side. The man gets into his own car and drives off. ​Detectives say the same man drove Kierra's car back to her apartment the next day and walked out with some unknown items before driving away in his car that was parked on another street.

According to local media reports, although police have not publicly named the person of interest, Kierra's family identified him as Josh Simmons, Kierra's boyfriend at the time and the alleged father of her unborn child.

​Phillips told the local media that Simmons was with her as police searched Kierra's apartment on Oct. 4. Detectives said he gave conflicting information and has since stopped cooperating with the investigation.

Kierra Cole is still considered a missing person. Anyone with information should contact Chicago Police at 833-408-0069 or 312-746-7330 or online at CPDtip.com. You can watch Chicago PD's coverage of this case here.

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