Formal Demand Letters

I am writing in my capacity as Founder and President of AIDBIPOC — the Association for Intellectually Disabled Black, Indigenous, and People Oppressed by Color — a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the safety, advocacy, and equitable treatment of missing persons and survivors of trafficking, with a particular focus on underrepresented, marginalized, and BIPOC communities.

We are formally demanding immediate action regarding the disappearance of Chalice Angel Noelle Welch, a 24-year-old mother of four from Arlington, Texas, missing since February 2–3, 2024. Over 25 months have now passed with no arrests, no CLEAR Alert, and no meaningful public update.

Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 63.009(g), law enforcement agencies are required to enter missing person reports into the NCIC database within two hours of receipt, with no discretion to delay based on classification.

A “walk-off” or voluntary departure classification carries no legal definition under Texas statute and provides no lawful basis for reduced investigative priority when physical evidence — surveillance footage, carrier-confirmed phone tampering, and eyewitness accounts — directly contradicts the stated premise of that classification.

AIDBIPOC formally asserts that maintaining this classification in the face of documented contradicting evidence may constitute a failure of the agency’s statutory duty of care and is prepared to present this assertion to TCOLE if necessary.

Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (22 U.S.C. § 7101 et seq.) and accompanying DOJ law enforcement guidelines, agencies that encounter credible trafficking indicators carry an affirmative obligation to refer — not merely a discretionary option.

The presence of escort advertisements using Chalice’s likeness, a confirmed cross-state phone number connection, deliberate phone destruction consistent with victim isolation tactics, and a year-long coordinated relocation effort collectively constitute more than sufficient threshold indicators under the TVPA.

Continued failure to refer under these circumstances may expose the department to federal oversight inquiry and will be documented as part of AIDBIPOC’s public advocacy record.

Public Accountability & Escalation Notice: AIDBIPOC has publicly documented this case and is actively gathering petition signatures from community members, advocates, and concerned citizens nationwide demanding accountability.

Should Irving PD fail to provide a substantive written response within the 10-business-day window, AIDBIPOC will formally escalate this matter to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) — the state licensing and oversight body with authority to investigate law enforcement conduct — as well as to federal civil rights monitoring contacts within the DOJ Civil Rights Division.

Irving PD’s response, or documented absence of response, will be made part of the permanent public record.

Documented Pattern of Disparity: Research published by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics and the DOJ Office for Victims of Crime has consistently documented systemic disparities in investigative response and case prioritization for missing persons whose circumstances include trafficking indicators, substance involvement, or prior involvement with known offenders.

AIDBIPOC was founded precisely to monitor, document, and advocate in cases where these disparities manifest. The 25-month investigative gap in Chalice’s case and the maintenance of a “walk-off” classification in the face of contradicting physical evidence represent exactly the pattern this organization was established to document.

The absence of any CLEAR Alert activation for a case with documented trafficking indicators is being formally recorded as part of AIDBIPOC’s 501(c)(3) public interest mission and will be included in any escalation filings.

I am writing on behalf of AIDBIPOC, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, regarding the 25-month disappearance of Chalice Angel Noelle Welch. Although filed with Irving PD, the entire documented evidence trail — last confirmed sighting, final phone ping, and confirmed phone tampering — occurred within Dallas city limits.

Under Texas Government Code § 411.462, the CLEAR Alert (Coordinated Law Enforcement Adult Rescue) system was established for endangered adults when there exists a credible threat to the individual’s health or safety and sufficient identifying information to justify an alert.

The documented record in this case — last confirmed sighting within Dallas city limits, confirmed phone destruction one mile from that location, eyewitness accounts of incapacitation, and trafficking platform postings bearing Chalice’s likeness — satisfies every activation criterion under the statute.

There is no lawful basis for the failure to initiate a CLEAR Alert. AIDBIPOC formally demands a written explanation of why the statutory criteria were not found to be met, and reserves the right to present that explanation — or the absence of one — to TCOLE and the public.

Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 2.13, peace officers have an affirmative duty to preserve the peace and investigate criminal activity within their jurisdiction, independent of whether another agency has filed an initial report.

The entirety of the post-event evidence trail — last confirmed camera sighting, final GPS ping, and confirmed phone destruction — occurred within Dallas city limits. Irving PD’s filing of the initial report does not transfer jurisdiction over crimes committed in Dallas.

AIDBIPOC formally places Dallas PD on notice that continued inaction constitutes an abdication of jurisdictional responsibility under Texas law, and that this abdication is being documented as part of AIDBIPOC’s public advocacy record.

Public Accountability & Escalation Notice: AIDBIPOC has publicly documented this case and is actively gathering petition signatures from advocates and concerned citizens nationwide.

Should Dallas PD fail to provide a substantive written response within the 10-business-day window, AIDBIPOC will formally escalate this matter to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) and to DOJ Civil Rights Division monitoring contacts. Dallas PD’s response, or documented absence of response, will be made part of the public record alongside Irving PD’s.

Documented Pattern of Disparity: DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics research has documented systemic disparities in investigative response for missing persons cases involving trafficking indicators and eyewitness-confirmed incapacitation.

The complete absence of a Dallas PD case opening — despite all documented evidence occurring within Dallas city limits — and the failure to issue a CLEAR Alert for which statutory criteria are plainly satisfied, constitute exactly the kind of jurisdictional gap that AIDBIPOC was established to identify, document, and elevate to public and regulatory attention.

This case will remain part of AIDBIPOC’s active public advocacy record until a substantive response is received and documented action is taken.

I am writing on behalf of AIDBIPOC, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to formally request that the FBI Dallas Field Office open a federal investigation into the disappearance of Chalice Angel Noelle Welch, missing since February 2–3, 2024. The documented evidence meets the threshold for federal jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 1591 and § 2421.

The FBI’s Innocence Lost National Initiative, operated jointly with the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, was established specifically to address domestic sex trafficking networks operating across jurisdictions.

The documented pattern in this case — trafficking platform postings using Chalice’s likeness, a multi-state phone number network traced to Roswell, Georgia, coordinated relocation pressure over twelve months, and a vehicle-assisted disappearance following eyewitness-confirmed incapacitation — is precisely the operational signature that the Innocence Lost framework and the Bureau’s Human Trafficking Task Force infrastructure were designed to investigate.

AIDBIPOC formally requests written confirmation of whether this case has been evaluated under these programs and, if not, demands a written explanation for the omission.

The Not Invisible Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-166) established a federal commission mandating DOJ coordination on violent crime and trafficking cases where systemic investigative failures by local agencies are present — reflecting Congressional recognition that federal intervention is warranted precisely when local response is inadequate.

Additionally, under 34 U.S.C. § 41307, federal agencies are directed to coordinate responses in missing persons cases where multi-jurisdictional trafficking indicators exist. The 25-month investigative gap in this case, spanning two police departments and involving documented cross-state trafficking network connections, demands exactly that federal coordination.

AIDBIPOC formally invokes these frameworks as grounds for the Bureau’s independent authority to act without waiting for a local referral.

Public Accountability & Escalation Notice: AIDBIPOC has publicly documented this case and is actively gathering petition signatures from advocates and concerned citizens nationwide. This letter, along with the documented evidentiary record and all agency responses received, will be made part of the full public record.

Should the FBI Dallas Field Office fail to respond substantively within the 10-business-day window, AIDBIPOC will formally notify the DOJ Office of Inspector General and relevant Congressional oversight contacts of the Bureau’s non-response to a formally documented multi-state trafficking referral involving a missing mother of four.

The names of all agencies notified, the dates of correspondence, and the nature of each response — or non-response — will be published as part of AIDBIPOC’s ongoing public transparency commitment.

Documented Pattern of Disparity: DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics research and the DOJ Office for Victims of Crime have documented systemic underinvestigation in trafficking cases that cross jurisdictional lines without a clear lead agency.

Chalice’s case has fallen precisely into this gap — filed in Irving, with all evidence in Dallas, and a multi-state network traced to Georgia — for 25 months without federal intervention. AIDBIPOC formally asserts that the FBI Dallas Field Office has both the authority and the obligation to act as the coordinating federal agency in this case, independent of whether Irving PD or Dallas PD has formally referred.

We ask the Bureau to be the accountability that local agencies have failed to provide. Chalice’s four children deserve no less.