Found Deceased IL - Chester Palusiak, 72, Endangered, left home on foot w/o wallet & no phone, Calumet City, 13 Feb 2025

[oceanverde]

Chester Palusiak has been missing since Feb. 13. He has dementia.


He was last seen near the corner of Shirley Drive and 165th Street on that date at approximately 8 p.m.

He is 6-feet tall and weighing approximately 150 pounds. He was wearing a black coat and blue jeans when he was reported missing.

Calumet City man remains missing 2 weeks after disappearance

Community members are stepping up efforts to locate a 72-year-old Calumet City man who was reported missing two weeks ago.

www.nbcchicago.com

 

[mlhenn]

https://wgntv.com/news/south-suburbs/calumet-city-man-with-dementia-missing-for-2-weeks/

Chester Palusiak was last seen walking on 165th Street near Wentworth in Calumet City on Feb. 13 after leaving the home she shares with his two sisters.

“Police checked the Little Cal River down to Munster and have been checking abandoned house,” Cummins said.

He left the home without his wallet and does not own a phone.

 

[GraceG]

I hope he has sheltered somewhere and just hasn't identified himself. It's nicer now, but the temperatures that week were brutal here in Illinois (where I live we had windchills in the minus 20's). https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/calumet-city/60409/february-weather/328771

 

[truthfinder2019]

He left from a residential neighbourhood, hopefully they can rapidly trace his steps via ring cams.

I had a great uncle with dementia under control, and one day he suddenly left his house of 20 years to go “home” and then got disoriented and lost and he was luckily found very far away still walking and saying he had to go home as mother was waiting for him and she would be upset as he was late. He was looking for his childhood house. It was very unsettling for all the family and he was clearly suffering too.
Not saying it is the case here, but this disease can unfortunately do this to the brain.

So I really hope he is safe, he is described as such a wonderful man by his community.

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[oceanverde]

"One sister had to go out, and Chester and the other sister were at home, and Chester left. He had done something like this once before. but it's been a long time, so it wasn't typical for him to leave," said Cummins. "But he went out that night walking. It was snowing that night, we know that, on February 13 — and of course it turned very cold after that. He did not take his wallet."

Cummins did not have a cellphone, Palusiak said. He had his coat on, but he had nothing else with women, and nobody knew where he was going."

South suburban Chicago community wants help finding dementia patient missing since mid-February

Chester Palusiak was last seen on Thursday, Feb. 13, at his home near 165th Street and Wentworth Avenue in Calumet City.

www.cbsnews.com

I think that it's supposed to say "he had nothing else with HIM and not with women.

 

[Caring1]

Sadly, Mr. Palusiak was found deceased. No visible trauma and no foul play is suspected.

March 4, 2025

The body of a 72-year-old Calumet City man who had been missing for more than two weeks was found in NW Indiana Monday, authorities say.

According to the Lake County Coroner’s Office, the body of Chester Palusiak was found Monday night in Munster, approximately four miles from where he had last been seen on Feb. 13.

Body of missing Calumet City man found in Indiana: Authorities

The body of a 72-year-old Calumet City man who had been missing for more than two weeks was found in NW Indiana Monday, authorities say.

www.nbcchicago.com