MISSING FOR 6 YEARS...
Yasmin Acree
Endangered Missing
1/15/08
Chicago IL
http://www.missingkids.com/poster/NCMC/1088268
I ask that you please share Yasmin's
story. Will you please share? One tip...that's all it takes. Thank You!
Yasmin was last seen at her family's Chicago IL home on January 15,
2008. That day she went to the North Lawndale YMCA, where she was
involved in sports and other activities. After she came home, she did a
load of laundry and went to bed. She was gone by the next morning. There
were indications of a break-in at their residence; two locks on an
outside fence and a lock on the basement door had been cut. Yasmin's
bedroom was in the basement. Her room appeared untouched and nothing was
taken, not even Yasmin's eyeglasses.
Yasmin was a freshman at Austin Polytech Academy at the time of her
disappearance, and was about to start a new job. She has no history of
runaway behavior. Her family has criticized the police investigation in
her case, claiming investigators assumed she was a runaway and failed to
look into other possible causes of her disappearance. Authorities
admitted they made serious errors at the onset of the investigation by
not immediately dusting for fingerprints and not taking the broken lock
from the basement door.
Yasmin, who was born in Kentucky, had a troubled past. Her mother, who
is now deceased, was a drug addict. Yasmin, and her older brother,
Demarcus, were removed from the home when they were toddlers. Yasmin
spent several years in the Kentucky foster care system, where she was
sexually abused and developed severe emotional and behavioral problems.
In 2001, Yasmin and Demarcus went to live with Rose Mae Starnes, their
aunt by marriage, and she adopted them in 2006. Starnes stated she loved
Yasmin but had trouble dealing with her behavior problems, and
occasionally disciplined her by whipping her with a belt or locking her
in the basement. In 2007, when Demarcus was 16, Starnes asked him to
leave her home. Yasmin was the only child living at the residence at the
time of her disappearance. She had been an excellent student in middle
school, but when she started high school she got poor grades.
Jimmie Terrell Smith and his father lived in the second-floor apartment
in Yasmin's building at the time of her disappearance. His father was
friends with Starnes. Smith moved into the building in 2005, after he
was paroled from prison where he had been serving a sentence for
attempted murder. Following his release he was arrested six times and he
admits he was always armed and sold drugs near Yasmin's apartment. He
reportedly took an interest in Yasmin, and she mentioned him twice in
her diary. Starnes didn't tell the police that Smith was living in her
building until 2009, when he was arrested for raping five females,
including two 14-year-old girls he allegedly kidnapped. In a press
interview from jail, Smith said he knew what happened to Yasmin and he
was responsible for four murders he hadn't been charged with. This
information hasn't been confirmed.
Yasmin's case remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.
If you have any information concerning Yasmin's case, please contact:
Chicago Police Department
312-746-8365
Sharing generates awareness,
Awareness generates support,
Support generates HOPE.
The Charley Project
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/a/acree_yasmine.html
Missing Loved Ones of Illinois
http://mloillinois.blogspot.com/
NamUs MP#2708
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/2708/29/
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