NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: Detroit Police Search For Transgender Teen Missing For 2 weeks

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Detroit Police Search For Transgender Teen Missing For 2 weeks

PRESS RELEASE
November 9, 2011

For Immediate Release
Contact:
Your friends at KICK!
(313) 285-9733
KICK - The Agency for LGBT African-Americans

Detroit police search for transgender teen missing for 2 weeks
We at KICK humbly requests your help ...

As posted in the Detroit Free Press, by staff writer Tammy Stables Battaglia, dated November 8, 2011:

Detroit Police investigators are searching for a transgender teen who has been missing for two weeks.

Henry Hilliard, Jr., 19, also known as Shelley or Treasure, was last seen at 1:20 a.m. Oct. 23 in the 900 block Longfellow wearing a silver dress, according to request for help issued by the Detroit Police Monday.

A cab driver that Hilliard often used for rides dropped Hilliard off at a home where three men were waiting for her, his mother, Lyniece Nelson, said today.

But Hilliard immediately called the driver back, voicing concern about the situation, Nelson said.

The driver "started to hear her say, 'What are you doing,' then scream out loud 'No,' then her phone dropped, a few muffling noises, then the phone went dead," Nelson said. "By the time he got back around the corner, there was no one in sight."

Hilliard, who models and does hair, hasn't contacted family members or posted on Facebook, both which typically happen every day, Nelson said.

Hilliard has a piercing on the left eyebrow and several tattoos including a design of cherries on the upper right arm, according to police.

We at KICK humbly request that anyone with information pertaining to the disappearance of Shelley aka Treasure please come forward.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detroit Police at 313-596-2200 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-SPEAKUP.

KICK - The Agency for LGBT African-Americans' mission is to increase awareness of and support to Detroit's dynamic LGBT culture through education and advocacy with integrity and pride. Always visit us at www.e-kick.org.

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