The Greater Seattle African American community is urging anyone with information on the whereabouts of 18-year-old NiAni Rashaad to contact local authorities. Rashaad, the granddaughter of LueRachelle Brim-Atkin, the president of the Seattle-Limbe Sister City Association and Sewing Circle, has been missing since Sun., May 30. She did not return home after attending a movie with a friend in Kent, WA. Since her disappearance, Rashaad’s family and friends have been canvasing door-to-door daily throughout her neighborhood and surrounding areas in Kent seeking any leads to her whereabouts.
Rashaad is a high-functioning, autistic 18-year-old black female. She is 5’2″, 125 lbs with short brown hair and brown eyes. She may be wearing a curly wig, brown striped sweater, black tank top, camo shorts, and a holographic fanny pack. She was last seen walking back home in Kent on May 30 at 7:00 p.m. near Riverwood apartments on the 24600 block Russell Road South in Kent.
Friends and family will hold an event this Sat., June 5 at 3:00 p.m. at Hogan Park on Russell Road in Kent, where they will pass out flyers, bring awareness, and seek information about her whereabouts.
If you have seen Rashaad, please call 911, the Kent Police Department at (253) 856-5808, or her mother, Liann at (206) 359-1884.
