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35-year-old woman missing from Garfield Ridge

By Sun-Times Wire

Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 35-year-old woman who went missing last week from Southwest Side Garfield Ridge neighborhood.

Melissa Ibarra went missing Dec. 4 from the 5700 block of South Newland, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.

Ibarra was described as a 5-foot-1, 130-pound Hispanic woman with a light complexion, brown eyes and brown hair, police said.

Anyone with information should contact Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8380.

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