Aleacia Stancil
She was born in Phoenix to Toni L. Stancil. Aleacia was 9 months old in December 1994 when her mom left her in the care an African-American woman named Dee in the area of North 12th Avenue and East Van Buren Street, claiming she needed to “clear her head.” Toni who was an Air Force veteran and involved in drugs and prostitution in 1994. Three or four days later, Toni returned to the area where she knew Dee would most likely be, but she couldn't find her. She said she never saw Aleacia or Dee again.
Unbeknownst to her mother, Aleacia reportedly was passed along to several people until she wound up in police custody, but officers didn’t know the baby’s name. Toni Stancil soon landed in jail and didn’t report her daughter missing until March 1995.
In December of 1995, Toni was murdered when she was 37 years old. Her body was found behind the old Ruth and Hartley Barker building near 16th Street and Polk. Toni's murder remains unsolved.
In 2014, a woman walked into a Connecticut hospital with no ID. She knew little about herself. A nurse who had her suspicions searched missing persons reports online and discovered an age progressed picture of the missing Aleacia Stancil. It looked like the woman. Police were contacted. A DNA test ended with a result three years later. A match.
Aleacia's grandmother Francis Ford suggested that Aleacia's life growing up was complicated, but she said they were able to meet in person, and hopes to one day have a relationship with her granddaughter.
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