$250,000 reward offered for information in 2018 disappearance of pregnant postal worker
<p>The United States Postal Inspection Service is increasing a reward for information that would “Aid in the investigation” of the 2018 disappearance of a pregnant postal worker to $250,000.</p><p>It’s a tenfold increase from the reward offered by the federal law enforcement agency a <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/7/15/20695331/missing-woman-kierra-coles-family-seeks-public-help" target="_blank" ><u>year after her disappearance</u></a>.</p><p>Kierra Coles, then 26 years old and three months pregnant, <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/10/19/18421615/police-foul-play-suspected-in-case-of-missing-pregnant-woman-kierra-coles" target="_blank" ><u>went missing Oct. 2, 2018</u></a> after leaving her South Chicago apartment near 82nd Street and Coles Avenue, according to a missing person alert from the agency.
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<p>The United States Postal Inspection Service is increasing a reward for information that would “Aid in the investigation” of the 2018 disappearance of a pregnant postal worker to $250,000.</p><p>It’s a tenfold increase from the reward offered by the federal law enforcement agency a <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/7/15/20695331/missing-woman-kierra-coles-family-seeks-public-help" target="_blank" ><u>year after her disappearance</u></a>.</p><p>Kierra Coles, then 26 years old and three months pregnant, <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/10/19/18421615/police-foul-play-suspected-in-case-of-missing-pregnant-woman-kierra-coles" target="_blank" ><u>went missing Oct. 2, 2018</u></a> after leaving her South Chicago apartment near 82nd Street and Coles Avenue, according to a missing person alert from the agency. She would now be 34 years old.</p><p>In the alert, the U.S. postal service worker was described as a 125-pound, 5-foot-4 Black woman with brown eyes and black hair, police said.
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- <p>The United States Postal Inspection Service is increasing a reward for information that would “Aid in the investigation” of the 2018 disappearance of a pregnant postal worker to $250,000.</p><p>It’s a tenfold increase from the reward offered by the federal law enforcement agency a <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/7/15/20695331/missing-woman-kierra-coles-family-seeks-public-help" target="_blank" ><u>year after her disappearance</u></a>.</p><p>Kierra Coles, then 26 years old and three months pregnant, <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/10/19/18421615/police-foul-play-suspected-in-case-of-missing-pregnant-woman-kierra-coles" target="_blank" ><u>went missing Oct. 2, 2018</u></a> after leaving her South Chicago apartment near 82nd Street and Coles Avenue, according to a missing person alert from the agency.
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