Missing
Michelle Renee Bianco
Bianco, approximately 2008
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/05/2008
Missing location (approx) :
Springfield, Illinois
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 02/03/1966 (55)
Age at the time of disappearance: 44 years old
Height / Weight : 5'7, 110 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A blue denim jacket, a blue sweater, blue jeans and black shoes with short heels. Carrying a black purse.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Bianco's nickname is Shelly. She may use the last names Bradley and/or Miles, and some Age at the time of disappearance: ncies refer to her as Michelle Miles Bianco. Her ears are pierced.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Bianco was last heard from at 11:00 p.m. on April 5, 2008. She and her cousin were walking near south Grand and Wheeler Avenues in her hometown of Springfield, Illinois when a man in a black Pontiac drove up, addressed Bianco by her nickname "Shelly", and offered her a ride home. She'd been trying to find a ride for hours. She got into the car and has never been heard from again. She wasn't carrying a cellular phone at the time of her disappearance, but she did have her purse.
The man who picked up Bianco is described as Caucasian, with short black hair that covered his ears. He had an unshaven face and a small build, and the paint job on his car was faded. Prior to her disappearance, Bianco hadn't indicated she was being stalked or was having problems with anyone. She was close to her adult son and called him multiple times a day; it would be uncharacteristic of her to abandon her. Her boyfriend was away on a hunting trip when she disappeared and they weren't having relationship problems; he has been ruled out as a suspect.
Since Bianco's disappearance, no one has heard from her and there hasn't been any activity on her bank account. She lived in the Lincoln Place Mobile Home Park off Old Route 36 at the time she disappeared. Her disappearance is considered suspicious and her case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Sangamon County Sheriff's Office
217-753-6840
September 2021 updates and sources
The State Journal-Register
Crime Stoppers of Sangamon and Menard Counties
Fox Illinois
October 12, 2004. July 22, 2016; picture added, Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
