Milwaukee police are asking for the public's help finding Marquetta Richardson, a 28-year-old woman classified as critically missing. She was last seen walking west near 20th and Villard at about 9:10 a.m. on Friday, wearing a black-and-white shirt and black pants with a pink stripe on the side.
According to fox6now.com, police also described Richardson as Black, about 5 feet 2 inches tall and 280 pounds, with a lazy left eye. The report, also covered by CBS58, does not indicate whether Richardson has since been located or whether any additional information about her case has come to light since Friday morning.
Anyone with information on Richardson's whereabouts is asked to contact the Milwaukee Police Department District 7 at 414-935-7272. The department's broader missing-persons page also lists separate contact channels — 414-935-7405, 414-933-4444, or [email protected] — for tips on any of its open cases, per the agency's own listing.
A Name That's Surfaced Before
A separate report previously described a critically missing Milwaukee woman also named Marquetta Richardson, but with different details: that account described her as a 37-year-old Black woman last seen around 4:30 p.m. near 76th and Vienna on April 29. The evidence gathered does not establish whether that case and Friday's report involve the same individual or two separate people who share a name.
Other Recent Cases Highlight Mixed Outcomes
Milwaukee's critically missing cases have had varied outcomes in recent months. In one case covered by wisn.com, a woman named Keyshawn Harmon was last seen on N. 32nd Street near Smith Park around 11 p.m. on a Saturday — and was found safe early the following Monday morning. That report, like Friday's notice about Richardson, included a specific police contact number for tips, a pattern that has become routine in how Milwaukee authorities publicize these searches.
No update has been issued confirming Richardson's status as of Friday's report. Residents near 20th and Villard, or anyone who may have seen her Friday morning, are encouraged to reach out to investigators using the contact information provided above.
