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Only 33 years later are people starting to bring this cold case to light. There’s some discussion that this missing person’s broadcast could have aired again in 1991, but there is a possibility this second broadcast aired shortly after and the date posted is wrong. Some sources say WMAQ had a different logo in 1991, and it’s impossible for them to have used the same logo during the sign off. Meaning this could have been aired shortly after the 1989 broadcast, however, some have said WMAQ used this logo well into 1991.
Another haunting aspect of this mystery is that WMAQ never broadcasted missing persons posters like this ever again. Or at least, no archives exist of them doing this.
So have we found anything? No, not really. Most of our leads have led to dead ends. Not too long ago we found a Rachel Lopez who was present in West Chicago in 1989, who looked very similar. It turns out she was unrelated. West Chicago is a town 60 miles out of the real Chicago. I contacted Chicago Public Library, who scoured their archives of The Sun and another Chicago magazine. They only found one result for a Joanna Lopez, who was missing in 2017, the ages did not line up. I also checked Chicago phone books during this time, Joanna did not have a phone number. I’ve contacted amber alert, missing persons divisions, and police stations in Chicago. I ever contacted a private researcher who said he’d help, but has since stopped replying. I even found the email of the person who uploaded the Joanna Lopez archive and emailed him! No response. I’ve done all of this very professionally and politely, of course. The point is, very few leads are available and no one’s helping.
Someone left a comment at one point saying they contacted WMAQ, who said that someone sent the missing poster in anonymously. This is unlikely to be true, as they’ve stopped engaging in discussion about Joanna despite promising a follow-up. They pretty much ignore all pings and never provided evidence of this discussion.
There is a theory that this could be a hoax or some kind of prank. I suppose this is possible, but it would still be quite the cruel prank and surely someone would come clean about it
Nexpo, BlameItOnJorge, and DeBurke321all made great videos about this if you’d like to check them out.
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