Rihanna Posts Message Asking For Help In Search For Missing Backup Dancer
Rihanna and Missy Elliott posted emotional pleas on Instagram asking their followers to help in the search for missing 32-year-old New Jersey woman Shirlene Quigley. Quigley has performed as a backup dancer with the two of them, including the “SOS” video, as well as with Beyoncé (“Crazy In Love”) and Jamie Foxx, according to People.
“This beautiful soul, and former dancer of mine is MISSING!!! My heart aches thinking of how heavy this is on all who love her!” Rihanna wrote. “If anyone has seen or has any information on @shirlenequigley’s whereabouts …..PLEASE CONTACT the North Bergen Police Department 201 392 2100 !!!!”
The local NBC affiliate reports she’s a dance instructor in Manhattan and lives alone in North Bergen, New Jersey, and was last seen getting on a bus at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City around 1 a.m. on October 23. Cops reportedly found her phone at a bridal store in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, and she is said to have made a strange comment to her friend recently along the lines of “Get ready, it’s about to happen and I’m going to need you to sub for me.”
