Her family had hoped and prayed for a week that their “it girl” would be found alive. They believed Nailah Franklin’s feisty, fighting spirit would give her the strength to make it through whatever circumstances were keeping her from them.
In the meantime, they kept busy, posting thousands of fliers around Chicago and making television appearances nightly until her smiling face was known nationwide.
But those hopes were dashed Friday when authorities identified a body found in Calumet City as that of Franklin, 28, a pharmaceutical representative reported missing Sept. 19.
