Carbondale Alerts
Carbondale Police Press Release - Missing Runaway Juvenile
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
September 29, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE –
CARBONDALE - The City of Carbondale Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in locating Zariah A.U. Clark, age 15, of Carbondale. Zariah was last seen on September 29, 2025, at about 3:00 a.m. in the 1200 block of East Grand Avenue. Zariah is described as 5’07" tall, weighing 120 pounds, with brown eyes and blond hair with a pink ponytail. Zariah was last seen wearing a white tank top, black leggings and black sandals. Anyone with information about Zariah is encouraged to contact the police department at the numbers listed below. The investigation remains active and ongoing.
Zariah A.U. Clark, age 15 of Carbondale
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the City of Carbondale Police Department at (618) 549-2121. You may also call the Carbondale/SIU Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (618) 549-COPS (2677) or the Murphysboro/Jackson County anonymous tip line at (618) 687-COPS (2677). Anonymous tips may also be made by selecting the “Crime Stoppers” tab on this website’s main page. Please help yourself and your county, its communities, and the university campus by using these numbers if you witness or have any information about a crime. Cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest are also made anonymously. Remember, crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does! For more information about Crime Stoppers, please follow the QR Code.
The mission of the Carbondale Police Department is to work in partnership with our community to preserve life, protect human rights, protect property and improve quality of life by providing police service to all in a fair, sensitive, and professional manner.