The Missing Mother, the Violent Parolee, the Village Clerk, and the Chesney Connection:

How Melissa Trumpy’s Disappearance Was Allowed to Happen

FREEPORT, IL – December 06, 2025

When Melissa Trumpy vanished from inside the home of a government official on the night of October 26, 2021, there were no such questions asked by the people who should have been demanding them. There were no public statements from those in power, no outrage from elected officials, and, most disturbingly, no leadership from the state senator whose trusted political ally’s home was the last place Melissa was seen alive.