Results tagged “missing”

Searchers may have gotten a break in the search for a Chicago man missing in Costa Rica. David Gimelfarb, 28, has been missing for almost a month but a new aerial photo shows what may be a body inside a volcano crater, prompting the Red Cross to initiate an investigation. But it has to be taken with a grain of salt: the photo is hardly conclusive, showing just a smudge on an otherwise barren landscape and it's hardly even close to showing a positive identification of the body. Still, it's a lead that searchers deem worth pursuing. [WBBM]

A missing Highland Park teen is home safe after she went missing Friday evening while running. 17-year-old Caroline Stitcher returned home, and was transported to Highland Park Hospital for a checkup shortly after 9 p.m. on Saturday night.

An IIT student missing for a week, Benjamin Collen, 19, was found dead last evening in a fraternity house on campus. Officials believe the death is a suicide, but an investigation is being conducted. [Trib]

Trib says four, Sun-Times says three people were taken to area hospitals when when a car driven by an elderly woman plowed into a West Rogers Park Starbucks. There is no evidence the driver of the car was intoxicated, or hyped up on cafinated beverages. [S-T, Trib]