



Posted 26 July 2015 - 02:35 PM
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Name: Mateo Fernandez
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
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Posted 26 July 2015 - 03:15 PM
http://www.chicagotr...0719-story.html
78-year-old man missing from Southwest Side
By Chicago Tribune staff Chicago Tribune
Chicago police are asking for the public’s help finding a 78-year-old man with medical issues who has been missing since Thursday from the West Lawn neighborhood.
Police have issued several missing person alerts regarding Mateo Fernandez, labeling him “high-risk missing” in the latest alert, which was issued late Sunday morning.
Fernandez, who the alert said “may be in immediate need of medical attention,” disappeared from the 6200 block of South Karlov Avenue on Thursday, according to the alert, which did not specify Fernandez’s medical condition or give a time at which he disappeared.
Fernandez is a Hispanic man, about 5-foot-6 and weighs about 140 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, navy blue pants and brown sandals. He has a large scar on his chest.
Anyone with information about Fernandez is asked to call 911 or call Area Central detectives at 312-747-8380.
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.
Posted 26 July 2015 - 03:17 PM
http://patch.com/ill...ed-medical-help
Missing 'High Risk' Man Spotted near Oak Forest, May Need Medical Help
By Lauren Traut (Patch Staff) July 21, 2015
A 78-year-old man reported missing from Chicago’s West Lawn neighborhood has been spotted near 159th and Pulaski in Markham.
Mateo Fernandez has been missing since July 16. Chicago Police have upgraded Mateo to a “high risk missing person” as of Monday. He may be in need of immediate medical attention.
He is a Hispanic male, about 5-foot-6 and 140 pounds. He has brown eyes, his hair is graying, a medium brown complexion, and a scar on his chest.
Prior to his being reported missing, he was last seen in the 6200 block of South Karlov in West Lawn last Thursday, July 16, wearing a white t-shirt, navy blue pants, and brown sandals. Although it’s a long way from 62nd and Karlov, Oak Lawn police were contacted on Monday about a possible sighting of Mateo near 93rd Street and Southwest Highway.
If you see Mateo, call 911. If you have useful, non-emergency information to share with detectives, call the Chicago Police Central Area Missing Persons Unit at (312) 747-8380.
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
Please help us in our mission as a 501 c 3 nonprofit: http://projectjason....y-campaign.html
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.
Posted 07 August 2015 - 02:28 PM
http://patch.com/ill...ide-elderly-man
Mystery Deepens Over Missing South Side Elderly Man
Family continues their desperate search for Mateo Fernandez, 78, who went missing July 17 and is most likely in need of medical help.
By Lorraine Swanson (Patch Staff) July 30, 2015
The last time Ricardo Fernandez saw his father, Mateo, he was lying down in bed watching television.
“It was around 10:30 in the evening, July 16,” Ricardo Fernandez said. “I went to say goodnight. There was nothing unusual. He closes his door at night when he goes to bed.”
The next morning -- July 17 -- his mother went to give his 78-year-old father his medication, but when she opened his father’s bedroom door, the room was empty.
“She called me and we looked all over the house for him,” Ricardo Fernandez said. “We went outside to see if he was in front of the house. There was nothing out of the ordinary. All of the doors were locked.”
Mateo Fernandez has not been seen since he disappeared from his home near 62nd Street and Karlov in West Lawn. On Friday, the elderly man, who Chicago police consider a high risk missing person, will be gone for two weeks. He did not take his wallet, ID, or any money that his family knows of.
Ricardo says his father doesn’t have Alzheimer’s or dementia, but he does have diabetes and a kidney transplant, but if his blood sugar gets too high or too low, he could appear to have dementia.
“He hasn’t had his insulin or other medications since July 16,” Ricardo said. “He doesn’t normally walk out of the house. My mother and father weren’t arguing.”
Ricardo said he moved back in with his folks after his father became ill in 2009. His father was used to being the workhorse in the family and was retired after working many years at a Chicago food company that made pork rinds.
Finding out that he was diabetic and then having a kidney transplant took a ”big toll” on his father.
“I started doing the things he normally did, like mowing the lawn and grocery shopping,” Ricardo said.
Prior to his disappearance, Ricardo says his father had an encouraging medical exam.
“He recently had bloodwork and everything was going well,” his son said. “His doctor was even talking about weaning him off of insulin and giving him pills, and then this.”
Ricardo says his family doesn’t know what possessed Mateo to walk away from home. Most of his father’s friends have passed away, or moved back to Mexico.
Since his father went missing, Ricardo, his two brothers and relatives have gone out everyday to search for Mateo, who’s described as a male Hispanic, 5-feet, 6-inches tall, 140 pounds, with gray hair, brown eyes, and a medium complexion. He has a large scar on his chest. Mateo was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, navy blue pants and brown sandals.
The last credible sighting was at 159th Street and Pulaski Road on July 21. A couple spotted a man matching Mateo’s description, whose picture had been broadcast the night before on local TV news stations. The couple immediately called 911.
“We did talk to the couple who spotted him,” Ricardo said. “We showed them my father’s picture and flier, and they said it was absolutely him. They described what he was wearing.”
There have been no credible sightings since then. He acknowledges that 159th Street is a long way from 62nd Street and Pulaski. His father could have gotten on bus and ended up near there.
“That’s the part that worries us the most,” Ricardo says. “There are a lot of forest preserves. They may not find him in the high grass. The forest preserve police want to go out with search dogs, but want a more specific area.”
Chicago police do not suspect foul play in Mateo’s disappearance and consider the case a high priority.
“We’re hoping for a positive, peaceful outcome but in this heat …” Ricardo says, his thought trailing off, “which is why we’re desperate to find him. We want to get him checked out at a hospital and back on his medications. Then we’ll ask him why he left.”
If you see Mateo Fernandez, call 911. If you have useful, non-emergency information to share with detectives, call the Chicago Police Central Area Missing Persons Unit at (312) 747-8380.
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
Please help us in our mission as a 501 c 3 nonprofit: http://projectjason....y-campaign.html
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.
Posted 16 August 2015 - 11:36 AM
http://patch.com/ill...ad-near-markham
Elderly South Side Man Missing Since July Found Dead Near Markham
Son confirms authorities found his father, Mateo Fernandez, deceased at side of road near Markham.
By Lorraine Swanson (Patch Staff) August 7, 2015
A 78-year-old West Lawn man who has been missing since last month was found deceased late Thursday afternoon in Markham.
Mateo Fernandez left his home in the Chicago’s West Lawn neighborhood sometime during the overnight hours of July 17. Fernandez was diabetic and had other health issues that made him a high-risk missing person.
The man’s son, Ricardo Fernandez, said that the Cook County Medical Examiner confirmed his father’s identity on Friday afternoon. He did not know how his father died, but said that the medical examiner’s office was working with Stroger Hospital, where his father went for treatment.
Mystery Deepens Over Missing South Side Elderly Man
Ricardo Fernandez said that his father’s body was found near 160th Street and Pulaski Road, about a block away from where a couple had last seen his father alive on July 21.
The younger Fernandez said his father was was found in some shrubs and small trees at the edge of a forest preserve. Authorities worked for several hours on Thursday evening to cut away the brush so that his father’s body could be brought out.
“We’re not sure how he was found,” Ricardo Fernandez said. ”We don’t know if he was found by someone cleaning at the side of road. We are still trying to digest the news.”
The family still does not know why Mateo Fernandez left his home near Karlov and 62nd Street after he was last seen by his son watching television around 10:30 p.m. in his bedroom on July 16.
“I’m not sure we’ll ever know,” Ricardo said, who was planning to go out and distribute more missing persons fliers for his father this weekend. “Now I got to tell my kids that their grandfather is dead.”
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
Please help us in our mission as a 501 c 3 nonprofit: http://projectjason....y-campaign.html
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.
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