Mural depicting Rogers Park woman missing since November offers ‘a different way’ to approach case

Lela Tarver, aunt of Sheena Gibbs, left, and Vernita Oliver, right, hold one another Sunday at a mural unveiling for missing person Sheena Gibbs outside of The Glenwood bar at 6962 N. Glenwood Ave. in Rogers Park to raise awareness of her disappearance and case. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

An upbeat tune accompanied by somber lyrics rang through a Rogers Park alley Sunday afternoon as friends and family of missing woman Sheena Gibbs hugged, cried and begged for answers.

“Sheena, you are loved,” the lyrics, sung by Gibbs’ aunt, Lela Tarver, echoed over a speaker.