Crime & Safety
New Lenox Man Sets Up Website to Rescue Missing Grandparents
New Lenox's Nick Byerley, owner of PageDesk, is using his expertise in web development to track down his missing grandparents.
A New Lenox man has set up a website to help rescue his missing grandparents, Elmhurst's Vernon and Elaine Schweisthal.
Nick Byerley, owner of PageDesk, is using his expertise in web development to track down his missing grandparents. The elderly couple has been missing since July 19. Vern is 89 years old and Elaine is 85.
Byerley set up the Official Search & Rescue Website of Vern & Elaine Schweisthal, which invites anyone with information to note it on the site. It also provides information on current leads in the case.
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"Search and Rescue operations will not stop until they are found. If you would like to join search and rescue operations, please contact Command Operations at rescue@pagedesk.com or 815-462-6000 ext. 103," said Byerley on the web site.
Those with information can also contact Elmhurst Police at 630-530-3050.
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Vern is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds. He has gray hair and blue eyes. Vernon has one glass eye.
Elaine is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs about 165 pounds. She has reddish-colored hair and blue eyes. Elaine suffers from dementia.
The Schweisthals are believed to have left their Elmhurst home en route to Mount Prospect to meet friends for lunch on July 19. They never arrived.
The Schweisthals are believed to be driving a gray, 2001 Toyota Camry with Illinois license plates KYY 986.
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