Joliet Patch: Missing Mom Linda Fellenbaum Found in Georgia
The Hinsdale and Joliet resident was arrested in Fulton County, Ga., and used a fake name but was identified through fingerprints, police said. Detectives believe her missing son is safe, too.
Missing mom Linda Fellenbaum turned up in a Georgia holding cell and detectives believe her toddler is safe as well.
Fellenbaum, 33, who recently lived in Hinsdale and Joliet, was last seen the night of Oct. 21 when she ran barefoot from her boyfriend's Joliet home. Besides her shoes, Fellenbaum left behind her cell phone and Toyota Camry.
The whereabouts of Fellenbaum's 2-year-old son, Jonathan, also were not known. Joliet police Cmdr. Brian Benton said it appears the boy has been legally adopted and that detectives are currently confirming this.
Fellenbaum used a fake name when she was arrested in Fulton County, Ga., Benton said. She was identified through her fingerprints.
Fellenbaum's mother, Deborah Barr, could not be immediately reached for comment.
Check back for more information on the missing mother's saga.
Police say children playing outside an apartment complex have found the cellphone of an Oregon woman who vanished three days ago under suspicious circumstances. (Oct. 19)
This department of motor vehicles image provided by the City of Gresham, Ore., shows Whitney Heichel. Police said Friday Oct. 19, 2012, that children playing outside an apartment complex have found the cellphone of Heichel, an Oregon woman who vanished three days ago under suspicious circumstances. Authorities said the phone will be examined Friday for clues about what happened to Heichel after she failed to show up for work Tuesday morning.(AP Photo/DMV via City of Gresham)
Police say children playing outside an apartment complex have found the cellphone of an Oregon woman who vanished three days ago under suspicious circumstances.
The cellphone contained text messages asking 21-year-old Whitney Heichel where she was and if she was OK, Gresham Police said Friday. Police didn't say who sent them or whether there was a response.
The children found the phone in a field that includes a network of walking trails, police Lt. Claudio Grandjean said.
Police were notified of the discovery of the cellphone late Thursday afternoon, and were examining it for clues about what happened to the Starbucks barista after she failed to show up for work Tuesday.
"We know we have a nugget in that phone," Grandjean said.
Heichel reportedly left her apartment for work at about 6:45 a.m. The drive to Starbucks takes less than five minutes.
Her husband, Clint, called police roughly three hours later. He told investigators he tried to reach Whitney multiple times after her boss alerted him that she never arrived for her 7 a.m. shift.
Grandjean said neither Clint Heichel nor anyone else has been identified as a person of interest in the case, and it's still uncertain whether Whitney Heichel is the victim of a crime.
"At this point nobody has been totally cleared, because we don't know exactly what we have," he said. "But if you're asking if he is a suspect _ no."
Police said Heichel's ATM card was used at a Troutdale gas station at 9:14 a.m. Two hours later, her sport utility vehicle was found in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Wood Village with the passenger side window smashed.
The field in which Heichel's phone was found is between the gas station and the Wal-Mart, giving investigators another venue to search.
Investigators planned to continue examining surveillance videos from Wal-Mart and other locations Friday, and wrap up their search of Larch Mountain, a remote, forested area east of Gresham where detectives believe the SUV was at some point Tuesday morning. Police have declined to say how they know it was there.
Heichel is described as standing 5-foot-2, weighing about 120 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
"When she's been missing for two or three hours, there's a lot of possible, logical explanations," Grandjean said. "When she's been missing for 36 or longer, it's concerning. And the possible explanations are more concerning, and possibly criminal."
Missing Illinois woman and two children found safe vacationing in Wisconsin Dells
Following emotional plea, Aneta Marsek turns up safely with two young daughters. Estranged husband alleged she disappeared to avoid setting visitation rights.
LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Aneta Marsek, 33, has gone missing three other times this year, her estranged husband, Dan Marsek, alleges.
An Illinois woman and her two children were found vacationing in the Wisconsin Dells less than a week after her estranged husband reported them missing.
Aneta Marsek and her daughters, Chevelle, 2, and Macenzie, 4 months, were found "relatively healthy and safe" Sunday, Lake County Sheriff Mark C. Curran, Jr. said in a statement obtained by NBC Chicago.
The 33-year-old mother vanished with her children on Oct. 6 after visiting her parents' home in Wauconda, Ill., sparking a frantic search by air and land.
Their return came just a day after Marsek's estranged husband, Dan Marsek, plead for their safety at a candlelight vigil.
"Aneta, if you can see this, the whole family misses you, loves you," a teary-eyed Dan said at the time. "We want you home. I love you. I miss you. Chevelle, Macenzie, daddy loves you, too."
LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Aneta Marsek vanished with her two daughters, Chevelle, right, and Macenzie, left, on Oct. 6 after visiting her parents home in Wauconda, Ill.
Dan Marsek said this is not the first time his wife has disappeared.
Before the vigil, Marsek filed court documents alleging that his wife had run off with their children in order to avoid a hearing to set visitation rights, NBC Chicago reported.
Aneta filed for divorce in June and was planning to move in with her parents.
"I believe she has ran off with another person," Dan wrote in an incident description obtained by the news outlet, adding that his wife had gone missing three other times this year.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said that additional information is forthcoming.
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Aneta and her two children were found just a day after her husband plead for their return at a candlelight vigil.
