Mom Comes Home To Find Girls Missing

Ten-year-old Tionda and three-year-old Diamond Bradley were accustomed to staying home alone. As the daughters of a single working mother they learned to be self-sufficient at an early age. Their mother, Tracey Bradley, told police that when she left for work early on the morning of July 6, 2001 her daughters were asleep in the living room, the best place in the apartment to escape the summer heat.

It was around noon when she returned to the apartment. She was coming home to round up the girls for a camping trip to Indiana. But instead of finding her daughters in the apartment, all she found was a note written in Tionda's handwriting. It said the girls were going to the store and going to play at a near by school. Tionda was attending summer school and school officials say she was absent that day.

Frantic Searches Turn Up Nothing

Tracey searched frantically for several hours--but her daughters were nowhere to be found. Friday night, Tracey called authorities and reported Diamond and Tionda missing. During their investigation, cops say several neighborhood children came forward and told cops they saw the girls playing outside of their complex around noon on Friday. Police say no one has seen them since.

The search was on for the Bradley sisters. Police searched the areas surrounding the girl's home and lake. Police even dug up the cellar of the abandoned New Hope church--but found nothing. Investigators searched steel mills, thick woods, and the murky bottoms of small lakes and big ponds. 

Police interviewed Diamond's father, George Washington, for more than two days before releasing him. Washington and Tracey were the last family members to see the girls before they vanished. 

Police say they are still waiting for a tip that will bring the girls home.

Family Hopes Clues Will Bring Girls Home

Tionda was ten at the time of her disappearance. She has a light complexion, slim build and wears her hair in long ponytails. She has a burn scar on her left forearm about the size of a quarter. Tionda was last seen wearing green ponytail holders in her hair.  At the time of her disappearance she had a scrape on her left calf. She is described as being shy with strangers, and loves to run track and dance.

Her sister Diamond was 3 at the time she disappeared. She has a medium complexion and wears her hair in braided ponytails. She was last seen wearing purple ponytail holders in her hair. She has a scar on the left side of her scalp and has deep-set eyes. She is described as timid but loves to talk.

Associated Persons:

Diamond Bradley
Tionda and Diamond Bradley have been missing since July 6, 2001.
Missing Child
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