WMBD/WYZZ TV – PEORIA – Some people in the community are speaking out about a series of Peoria murders dating back seven years ago.  They say their loved ones have been ignored, and now they're taking action.  They want answers about 10 murdered women who all died between 2001 and 2004.  Six of the cases are closed, but four remain open as missing persons investigations, which has family members wondering why it seems no one else is helping them bring their loved ones home.  The victims' families gathered at Manual High School for a ceremony to help get the word out about this mission.  They say the past four years have been especially hard because they think police have given up on the four cases.  Family members say some of the victims were drug addicts, but it's not certain if that had anything to do with their deaths or disappearances. Either way, they just want to honor the victims with respect and not how others might have seen them.  Local evangelist Willette Clayton says, "I feel like they have been swept under the rug because of the nature of how they died and what our so-called society labeled them as."  the ten women are:

Linda Neil, Laura Lollar, Barbara Williams, Wanda Jackson, Shaconda Thomas, Shirley Carp-Trapp, Sabrina Payne, Tammy Walls, Brenda Irving, & Fredricka Brown.

If you have any information, contact "All About My Father's Business" at 309-712-1050.