Overview

• Police declared a critical missing person alert on July 29 after Norwood lost contact with her family the previous day.
• Investigators were alerted by a disturbing call in which a female voice threatened to “beat Jamyla and push her down the stairs.”
• Her mother then received text messages from an unknown number falsely claiming the 13-year-old was dead.
• Authorities said Norwood was last seen on foot near N. 24th St. and W. Burleigh St. wearing a pink bonnet, black T-shirt, blue jeans and yellow-and-black shoes.
• The Milwaukee Police Department thanked the public for its assistance and said it will continue investigating the circumstances of her disappearance.