A 24-year-old suburban woman is missing after authorities and relatives say she traveled to Chicago with her boyfriend, but only he came home.

Alyssa Smith was reported missing to Palatine police by a family member on Sept. 30.

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Smith's mother, Rebecca Smith, told NBC Chicago her daughter went to Chicago with her boyfriend, but she only learned her daughter was missing after her boyfriend returned without her, bringing back some of her belongings.

 We want her home. We want to know that she is alive and safe,  Rebecca Smith said.  That's all we're asking is the public's help to bring Alyssa home. 

Police have been following up on possible sightings of Smith in the days following her disappearance.

Authorities said Chicago police made contact with Alyssa Smith and her boyfriend around 3 p.m. on Sept. 28 in the 4000 block of West Monroe Street.

 During that contact, Smith declined to provide her name to responding officers and did not accept police services, leaving the area on foot,  an update from Palatine Police read Friday. She was identified in body camera footage, then seen the next day on surveillance cameras around 11 p.m. near Garfield Park on Chicago's West Side.

Police released images of the sighting in hopes of finding Smith.

According to authorities, Smith's boyfriend last saw her during the early-morning hours on Sept. 30. in the 400 block of South Kostner Avenue. The boyfriend told police Smith  entered a dark colored Honda  with two other people and he didn't see her since.

In an update provided to NBC Chicago, Palatine Deputy Chief David Brandwein said detectives continue to actively investigate and follow up on information the department receives.

 Palatine Police detectives are working with the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County Sheriff's Department to follow up on information received. Palatine detectives have also conducted searches in areas associated with reported sightings,  the department said in its update Friday.

Other sightings have been reported on Oct. 3 near Grant Park a

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