Jilani Platt , Missing, October 3, 2009 GA.
Pregnant woman missing; husband under arrest Posted: Oct 04, 2009 5:21 PM EDT COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - The search is on for a missing Columbus woman. Police and family members are fearing for her life and the life of her unborn baby. Columbus Police need your help finding a young woman who was last seen at her home late Saturday night, and has not been heard from since. The family of 26 year old Jilani Platt, tells police she went missing from her Crystal Court home sometime between late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. Jilani Platt is 5'2'', African American, weighs around 180 pounds and police say she has short, spiked black hair. Police documents also indicate Platt is nine weeks pregnant. A search is currently being conducted in the area. If you have any information on her whereabouts, you are asked to call Columbus Police at (706)653-3400. There is another aspect of this story. Police reports show that before Jilani Platt went missing, she was having an argument with her husband, 31 Zyderrious Platt. During the investigation into Jilani's missing persons case, police found a firearm linked to Zyderrious. Since Platt is a convicted felon, he was taken into custody and is currently being held in the Muscogee County Jail. At this time police tell us the missing persons case and arrest of Zyderrious Platt are not connected. Columbus Police add they are simply looking for a missing person. ©2009 WTVM. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. http://www.wtvm.com/global/story.asp?s=11255401#

Columbus police search for missing woman, Jilani Platt By ALAN RIQUELMY - ariquelmy@ledger-enquirer.com Columbus police are currently searching for a woman reported missing on Saturday. Jilani Platt, 26, was last seen at her Crystal Court home near Macon Road early Saturday, Lt. Lynn Joiner said. She’s black, 5-foot-2 and about 180 pounds with short, spiked hair. The Crystal Court area is being searched, Joiner added. During the investigation, Zyderrious Anthony Platt, 31, was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Joiner said. The arrest of Platt, who Joiner said is either married or divorced from the missing woman, isn’t related to the search. “We were investigating a missing person,” Joiner said. “He is a felon and he had a firearm.” http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/breaking_news/story/863034.html#

Police Find Missing Woman’s Body, Husband Charged with Murder By Alison Flowers | Digital Journalist Published: October 5, 2009 Investigators found the body of 26-year-old Jilani Platt a little after noon Monday in a retention pond next to Schatulga Road. The woman’s husband, 31-year-old Zyderrious Anthony Platt, has been charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. He was arrested Saturday for possessing a firearm as a felon, in what was initially considered a separate incident. Family members reported Jilani Platt as missing around noon on Saturday after she did not pick one of them up at a scheduled time. She was an employee at the Rite Aid pharmacy on Flat Rock Road. Her body will be transported to the state crime lab in Atlanta where an autopsy will be performed Tuesday morning. http://www2.wrbl.com/rbl/news/local/article/body_found_identified_as_missing_columbus_woman/97785/#