Missing 5-year-old may have been abducted by father, Chicago police say (UPDATE: She’s safe!)

Blessen Turner (Chicago Police Department)

Update April 3, 7:53 p.m. — CPD just announced that Blessen has been found and she is safe.

Chicago police are asking for help as they try to locate a 5-year-old girl who may have been abducted by her father on Wednesday.

Blessen Turner was taken from the 6300 block of South Calumet around 2:26 p.m., police said. Blessen was wearing her school uniform, navy blue pants with a navy blue shirt, along with a rainbow Mickey Mouse hoodie and gray, black, and white Jordans, according to CPD’s child abduction bulletin.

Police said she may be with her father, Darshawn Thomas, in an older model black Toyota. The vehicle has a temporary plate in the window.

People who see Blessen can call 911 or notify CPD’s Special Victims Unit at 312-747-8380.

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