Nailah Franklin, 28 years old, is 5-feet 2-inches, 115 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair is missing since earlier this week. Her car is a 2005 black Chevy four-door Impala, Illinois license plate 1957855.

File photo: 2000-2005 Chevy Impala — similar to Nailah’s company car make and model.

UPDATE: The car of Nailah Franklin has been found in Hammond, Indiana. Police are searching a lagoon area on the River Oaks Golf Course in Calumet City, Illinois as part of the investigation. The Calumet City Fire Department requested a Diver’s Box Alarm at the River Oaks Golf Course at 159th Street and Park [MAP/SAT] just after 6:00 a.m. Saturday morning (September 22, 2007). Some of Franklin’s personal belongings were found near the golf course.

Nailah Franklin lives in the 1500 block of South Sangamon Street [MAP/SAT] in University Village near the University of Illinois at Chicago. She also works in the Chicago area as pharmacy sales rep for Eli Lilly. Her territory is based in Oak Park and the south side of Chicago.

Nailah recently filed a police report about the following telephone messages from a man she one dated:

Franklin’s current boyfriend, Andre Wright, from Milwaukee is the last person known to have heard from Nailah Franklin via a text message that stated she was at dinner at about 4 or 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007. No information has been released to confirm that the text messages actually came from Nailah. Since that contact, she has not returned phone calls, emails or text messages from an out-of-town guest she was expecting Wednesday (September 19, 2007), nor has she communicated with any family or friends since Tuesday. Nailah Franklin also failed to show up for an important Eli Lilly pharmaceutical meeting with her boss at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Nailah Franklin’s family has set up a command center at a gymnasium at 700 W. Maxwell, as a headquarters for flyer distribution [MAP/SAT].

If you have any information about the case, the Chicago Police Department asks that you call (312) 746-9259.

More info:

myspace.com/missnailah (set to private 9/21/07,
then public again 9/22/07).


*Elapsed time missing based on SEP 18 2007 4:00PM CDT

“Nailah Franklin” Newsfeed

Where is the best location to watch the Breeders’ Cup in Illinois? Of course, that would be at the Breeders’ Cup ‘Day at the Races’ Simulcast at Arlington Park Race Track International Room hosted by the Northwest Suburban Guild of Children’s Memorial Hospital.

Breeders’ Cup Day at the Races at Arlington Park Race Track on Saturday, October 27, 2007 is a simulcast of Breeders’ Cup.  Each year the Breeders’ Cup World Championships is held at a different racetrack in North America on a rotating basis. In 2007, Monmouth Park in New Jersey will host the event for the first time. With the addition of three races, each worth $1 million, the event will be expanded to a two-day format to take place October 26 and 27, culminating in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Features of the October 27 Breeders’ Cup Illinois simulcast at Arlington Park:

In case of questions, contact Sharon Walsh at 847-934-1015 or E-Mail (see address above horses).

Summary:

When is the Breeders’ Cup this year?
October 27 ESPN race coverage 11:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. CDT
(More about ESPN Breeder’s Cup televised race coverage below.)

Where is the Breeders’ Cup this year?
Monmouth Park, New Jersey

Where is the best place to watch the Breeders’ Cup in Illinois?
Arlington Park Racetrack Simulcast open 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. CDT. ESPN coverage included 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. CDT.

Where is Arlington Park Racetrack?
Arlington Park is in Arlington Heights, Illinois near Route 53 and Euclid Avenue
2200 West Euclid Avenue [MAP/SAT].

What is the television coverage of the Breeders’ Cup?
ESPN will televise live the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. With the introduction of the new two-day format, live coverage of the Breeders’ Cup from Monmouth Park will begin on Friday, October 26 (4:00-6:00 p.m. ET) on ESPN2 with the three new $1 million Breeders’ Cup races. ESPN’s coverage resumes on Saturday, October 27 with a seven-hour program (11:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. CDT) live from Monmouth with the final eight Breeders’ Cup races. ESPN brings a broad array of promotional resources to Thoroughbred racing.

For information about Children’s Memorial Hospital:
Children’s Memorial Hospital (Official Site: childrensmemorial.org)

Breeders’ Cup Newsfeed:

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