The Brief Tyesha Bell disappeared from her Aurora apartment in May 2003, and her remains were found in a wooded area in Montgomery in 2020. Prince Cunningham, who was in a secret relationship with Bell, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 70 years in prison. Cunningham maintains his innocence and is appealing the verdict.



For years, friends and family of Tyesha Bell waited and waited for answers as to how this 22-year-old mother of two suddenly disappeared.

And then they waited for more answers as to why her bones were found in a wooded area in Montgomery nearly two decades later.

Tyesha Bell cold case

The backstory:

She was last seen the night of May 8, 2003, in the Aurora apartment she shared at the time with her sister Latasha Bell.

 I knew it was going to come to this day one day because we knew that he was the only suspect that they had. I've been waiting for this day,  said Shaquisha Posey, Tyesha Bell's older sister.

This spring, 23 years later, in a courtroom on the second floor of the Kane County judicial center - they finally got some answers.

That's when a Yorkville man named Prince Cunningham stood trial for Bell's death in a missing persons case turned murder.

 When you look at these types of cases, when they're domestic violence potential cases, you look the most likely suspects. And the first person you always look at is the person that they're in a relationship with and they were in a secret relationship because Prince Cunningham was married and he had kids, and he'd ultimately gotten Tyesha pregnant,  said Kane County State's Attorney Jamie Mosser.

Mosser helped prosecute this case herself. Not only is it one of the first cases she received as a newly elected states attorney - its also personal.

 So my dad went missing when I was in sixth grade, when I was 11 years old, and for the next 10 years, we had no idea what happened to him. His car was found in Chicago with the front window smashed in. There was blood spatter,  Mosser said

Mosser said her dad eventually returned home 10 years later and explained what happened. Since that did not ha

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