Missing mom and daughter: Felicia Lomax and Janasia Grant

Chicago police are asking the public for help in finding an 8-year-old girl and her mother who were last seen on Thursday.

Janasia Grant, 8, and Felicia Lomax, 39, were last seen in the 6100 block of North Fairfield Avenue, according to a community alert issued by Chicago police.

DeWitt Clinton Elementary School is located at 6110 N. Fairfield Ave., according to the Chicago Public School's website.

Lomax is Grant's mother, but does not have custody of the child, police said. The two may be in the area of 3500 S. Rhodes Ave., 2800 W. Wilcox St., or 600 W. Division St. near Cabrini Green.

The two also may be using CTA buses or trains.

Grant was last seen wearing a brown shirt, brown pants, a red three-quarter-length coat and white Nike "Airmax" gym shoes with a pink and tan logo. Grant is about 4-foot-1, 70 pounds, with a dark complexion and black hair. Her nickname is "Nana," the alert said.

Lomax is about 5-foot-5, 140 pounds, with black hair and a dark complexion. She goes by the nickname "Shawn" and may be distraught, according to police. A clothing description was not available.

Anyone with information on the missing should contact the Belmont Area Detectives Special Victim's Unit at (312) 744-8266.

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