Zion Foster, 17
Eastpointe, Michigan
Last seen January 4, 2022
17-year-old Zion Foster was last seen Jan. 4 at her home in the 22000 block of Melrose Court in Eastpointe, Michigan.
Zion is described as 5-foot-2 and 120 pounds. She is African-American, has shoulder-length blonde hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a Detroit Wing Company uniform when she was last seen.
According to police, the family of Zion believes she is being held against her will and could possibly be a sex trafficking victim in another state.
Zion’s mother, Ciera Milton, said her 17-year-old daughter sent her a five-word text message at 12:59 a.m. Wednesday: “I’m on my way home.”
Milton said that was the last time she heard from her daughter.
“She came home from work and then left the house again,” Milton said of her daughter, an Eastpointe High School student. “She was still in her Detroit Wing Company uniform.”
Milton said her daughter’s iPhone has been shut off. The account was part of a family plan, which enabled Milton to track its location.
“If you disable (the tracking feature), we get a notice, but they didn’t turn that off — her phone was turned off,” said Milton.
Eastpointe Police Lt. Robert Koenigsmann said investigators have looked into several leads — “but they’ve all been dead ends so far,” he said. “We went to a couple addresses the family gave to us as possible places she could’ve gone, but they turned out to be vacant houses. We’re still trying to follow up on all the leads.”
Detroit police also have helped with the investigation, Koenigsmann added.
Koenigsmann said his department is juggling numerous missing person cases.
“I don’t know why there are so many cases lately, but it’s been really busy,” he said. “We’re doing all we can with the resources we have.”
Anyone with information about Zion’s whereabouts is asked to call Eastpointe police at (586) 445-5100.
