Resident pleads for public help finding missing Ward 2 teen Juria Hummons

During public comment on Aug. 6, a resident asked the Springfield City Council and the public to help find Juria Hummons, a young person reported missing since late June from the Ward 2 area (addresses cited: 280, 2841 Stanton Street). The commenter described Hummons’ last known circumstances as a departure from home following an argument with her biological mother and said Hummons had been seen in local shelters, vacant houses and possibly inside a car with an unknown man. The speaker said Hummons’ legal guardian in Chicago, Stephanie Robinson (who raised Hummons since age 3), had been informed and that Springfield family members had reported her missing locally. The speaker said they had printed and distributed posters and flyers and asked council members and community volunteers to help post and circulate the materials. On the record, the speaker said they had given posters to Aldermen Gregory and Williams for distribution in neighborhoods and senior centers; the speaker asked that posters not be discarded and that anyone who does not post them return them so volunteers can repost. No council motion, police report update or staff presentation regarding the case was made during the Aug. 6 meeting; the speaker urged the community to help and to contact authorities or family members with information.