Scarlett Joy Blanco, 19, disappeared from Kankakee, Illinois after she was last seen leaving a residence on Schuyler Avenue on May 7, 2021. She reportedly planned to travel to nearby Momence, but there is no indication she ever arrived and there has been no contact since that day. Family and friends describe her going missing as highly uncharacteristic.

Scarlett is biracial, 5 feet 4 inches tall, about 102 pounds, with brown curly shoulder-length hair and light freckles. Distinguishing marks include a rose tattoo on her left front shoulder, the name DEANDRE above her right breast, a small sun on her right shoulder, a left nostril stud, and two piercings in each ear. At the time she had no permanent address and stayed with friends or at local hotels; she was known to frequent Kankakee, Bradley, Manteno, Momence, and Hopkins Park.

The Kankakee Police Department is handling the investigation and asks anyone with information to come forward. Does anyone from those communities remember seeing Scarlett in May 2021 or have information about her movements that week?