Crime & Safety

Family Searching For Missing Man Suffering From Mental Illness In Markham, Illinois

Mallet is 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 295 pounds, with brown eyes. His family said he suffers from mental illness, but he is harmless.

(Leslie Warren for CBS Chicago)

August 15, 2025 / 6:29 AM CDT

A family is asking for the public's help in locating a man suffering from mental illness who went missing this week in Markham, Illinois.

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Jamel M Warren Mallett, 27, went missing on Wednesday. He was last seen around 2 p.m. that afternoon on 163rd and Hermitage in Markham.

Mallet is 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 295 pounds, with brown eyes. His family said he suffers from mental illness, but he is harmless.

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