Brenda Jackson Missing: Police hunt for missing Iraq War veteran and married mother-of-six

Police in Illinois are searching for a 31-year-old Iraq War veteran and married mother-of-six who hasn’t been seen or heard from in over a week.

According to Park Forest Police, Brenda Jackson was reported missing by her husband and mother on January 5, and was last seen in the late evening on Sunday when she was dropped off at her home on Arcadia Street by her father.

Jackson is described as a Hispanic female, about 5 feet tall and weighing 125lbs. She has a scar on her upper chest and star tattoos on both sides of her neck.

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She also has a heart inked on her ring finger and another tattoo that reads ‘Michael’ on her left inner wrist. She is not known to have left in any particular vehicle.

Jackson’s family and friends spent the day Sunday braving freezing temperatures while scouring a snowy forest preserve in Park Forest in search of the missing woman.

'We love her. We want her home and we'll do whatever it takes. We are going to find her,' family friend Carol Lantz told the station WLS. 

Jackson's mother, Maria Gonzalez, said it was out of character for her daughter to disappear without telling anyone. Her youngest child is only 4 months old.

‘She gave 100 per cent to everybody. She loves her children. This is not like her,’ Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez revealed that she last spoke to her daughter on the phone at 10.30pm on January 3. She was due at work at 5.30am the following day but never made it.

 

Search party: Jackson's friends and family spent Sunday scouring a nature preserve in Park Forest in search of clues  

 

Worried family: Jackson's father, Joel Gonzales (far left), mother Maria Gonzales (center) and sister Victoria (right) said it was not like her to take off without telling anyone 

The mother added that her daughter left behind all of her personal belongings, including her purse, ID card, jacket and gloves.

Deputy Chief Christopher Mannino, of the Park Forest Police Department, said investigators were following up on several leads, including a possible recent sighting of Jackson in Chicago, according to Chicago Tribune. 

So far, police have found no evidence of foul play in connection to Jackson’s disappearance. 

Anyone with information about Jackson’s whereabouts is being asked to contact the Park Forest Police Department Investigations Division at (708) 748-1309.