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Pastor Asks For Help Finding Missing Parishioner, 83-Year-Old Marvin Armstead

Rev. Mary Richardson said she asked courtroom officials to call her first before releasing him, because of his mental health issues.

(CBS Chicago)

August 28, 2025

A Chicago pastor is asking for help finding one of her parishioners, who has been missing from the South Side for nearly a week.

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Rev. Mary Richardson, pastor of God's Way Apostolic Faith Church in Auburn Gresham, said 83-year-old Marvin Armstead was last seen on Thursday in a courtroom.

He had been in jail for shoplifting, and Richardson said she asked courtroom officials to call her first before releasing him, because of his mental health issues.

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