Black and Missing but Not Forgotten

Relatives of a Detroit woman missing since Nov. 3 are praying she’s still alive and that she’ll return home safely to family including her 2-year-old son.

Regina McDaniel II was last seen Nov. 3, and that night she left her last entry on Facebook, her mother, also named Regina McDaniel, said this morning. Her daughter, 20, is studying to become a pharmacy technician and has a 2-year-old son, Kimoni McDaniel.

Regina McDaniel said she’s holding out hope even though police on Wednesday discovered her daughter’s unoccupied silver 2004 Mercy Sable sedan had been burned out and towed to an impound lot, Detroit Police Officer Phillip Cook said.

Regina McDaniel II was last seen leaving her home in the 200 block of Merton. She was last seen wearing a pink jacket, blue jeans and leopard print boots.

Investigators are trying to determine whether a body found in a Dumpster Tuesday may be Regina McDaniel II. The woman, discovered in the 6900 block of Mettetal, just east of where Fenkell and Grand River cross the Southfield Freeway, still had not been identified this morning, officials said.

“I don’t even know how to begin to live my life without her,” Regina McDaniel said this morning as her grandson cried in her arms. “She’s quiet and kept to her self, but she also had a sassy side. She was so beautiful, and so kind.”

Regina McDaniel II lived at the family home near Palmer Park. Her mother said it’s been heartbreaking watching Kimoni McDaniel run to the window looking for his mother’s car and calling out for her.

Anyone with information about Regina McDaniel II’s disappearance is asked to call the Detroit Police at 313-596-1200 or Crime Stoppers to leave anonymous info at 800-773-2587.

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