Angela Ford was 32 and a mother of two when she disappeared in 1999 after leaving home to pick up her children’s report cards. Her children asked to go with her; she told them she would be right back and that she loved them. It is unknown whether she reached the school or what time she left, and the family last saw her that day.

She was missing for several days before being found in an abandoned building at 209 East 46th Street in Chicago, about two miles from her home. On June 16, 1999, she had been beaten, sexually assaulted, strangled, and left for dead; severe blunt-force trauma left her brain dead and she could not be interviewed. DNA was obtained. Angela remained in a coma for about a year and a half and died on January 4, 2001, at Cook County Hospital.

Angela is counted among 51 women believed to be victims of one or more serial killers in Chicago; most of those victims were Black women found in abandoned lots or buildings. If anyone knew Angela, saw her that day in 1999, or has information about the abandoned building at 209 East 46th Street, please come forward with tips.