NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
12-19-23

CARBONDALE – CARBONDALE – The Carbondale Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in locating Mandy E. Pope, age 19, last seen on 12-18-2023 at approxiamtely 7:00 a.m. in the 400 block of South Illinois Avenue.   Mandy was supposed to take the train to Kankakee, IL. for the day but was not on the train when it arrived back in Carbondale that evening.  Mandy is described as a white female, 4’11 tall , weighing 135 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Mandy was last seen wearing a pink dress.  Mandy has a condition that potentially places her in danger. 

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Mandy is encouraged to contact the City of Carbondale Police Department at (618) 549-2121. You may also call the Carbondale/SIU Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (618) 549-COPS (2677) or the Murphysboro/Jackson County anonymous tip line at (618) 687-COPS (2677). Anonymous tips may also be made by selecting the “Crime Stoppers” tab on this website’s main page. Please help yourself and your county, its communities, and the university campus by using these numbers if you witness or have any information about a crime. Cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest are also made anonymously. Remember, crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does!

The mission of the Carbondale Police Department is to work in partnership with our community to preserve life, protect human rights, protect property and improve quality of life by providing police service to all in a fair, sensitive, and professional manner. The mission of the Carbondale Police Department is to work in partnership with our community to preserve life, protect human rights, protect property and improve quality of life by providing police service to all in a fair, sensitive, and professional manner.