Chance Anderson-barnes, 14, was reported missing after he left his Chicago Heights home on March 8, 2026, wearing only the clothes he had on. He was last officially seen on Chicago’s South Side near 70th Street and Jeffery Boulevard. Chance is described as 5 feet 7 inches, 160 pounds, with chin-length dreadlocks.

Chance was an eighth-grade student who kept his grades up and enjoyed basketball and music. His adoptive parents, Danielle and Kirby VanVliet, say Chance had recently connected with biological siblings on Facebook; the family believes those contacts and an adult who may have arranged a car to pick him up contributed to his leaving. Reported sightings around other Chicago neighborhoods led his mother to believe he was being moved between siblings’ homes.

The Chicago Heights Police Department is investigating and the case is registered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. If anyone has information about where Chance might be or saw him near 70th and Jeffery or elsewhere on or after March 8, please come forward.