Tisha Muentes - 15 - Missing - Chicago IL

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myfoxchicago.com - Tuesday, 11 Nov 2008, 9:19 PM CST

15-Year-Old Daughter of Fire Fighter is Missing

Chicago -- A search is on for the daughter of a Chicago fire fighter who disappeared yesterday morning. As Craig Wall reports, the 15 year-old-girl was last seen on board a CTA bus heading to school in Lincoln Park.

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Firefighters aid search for missing girl

Chicago firefighters are helping a colleague's family search for their missing 15-year-old missing.jpgdaughter, last seen heading to Lincoln Park High School on a CTA bus Monday morning.

About 50 other firefighters and paramedics joined Fabian Muentes canvassing businesses in the neighborhood and handing out fliers for his daughter, Tisha.

Tisha, a sophomore at Lincoln Park High School, was last seen leaving her grandparents' home Monday morning. She called a friend at 7:20 a.m. Monday, saying she was on a Halsted Street bus and on her way to school, her dad said. Her parents said she never turned up in school that day. They said she doesn't have a boyfriend and a quick look at her MySpace page has not turned up anything unusual.

"I hope and pray that she ran away," Fabian Muentes said. "I don't want to think the worst, but she's not that kind of kid. She's never been a runaway. When she gets upset, she just goes into her room and reads a book."

Fabian Muentes is a firefighter at Engine No. 91. Tisha's mother, Kristin McCluskey, is a paramedic on the city's South Side. The couple have been divorced for 13 years. On nights where both parents work, Tisha would spend the night at her paternal grandparents' home, said Fabian Muentes. He said he got worried when she didn't call him after school Monday. That was not typical of her, he said. Her parents filed a missing person report Monday evening and then began putting posters up and down Halsted Street from Belmont Avenue to Division Street.

Tisha was last seen wearing a light brown, furry coat that was big for her. She was wearing jeans and a beige scarf and gloves. She often wears her hair in a bun.

Police said the case was under investigation.

Anyone who may have seen her is being asked to call 773-410-6611 or 773-791-8473.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/11/firefighters-aid-search-for-colleagues-missing-daughter.html

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Police Search For Missing Teen

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CHICAGO (WBBM) -- Chicago firefighters and paramedics are helping to search for the missing daughter of two of their colleagues.

It is 15-year-old Tisha Muentes who is missing. The last time she was heard from was Monday morning at 7:20.

She said she was on a bus headed south on Halsted around Diversey, headed for class at Lincoln Park High School, and she called a friend to ask her to save a seat for her.

Both Tisha's parents are paramedics with the fire department - and their colleagues are helping them search the North Side.

Firefighter-Paramedic Fabian Muentes is Tisha's father.

"If anybody has seen her, or if Tisha is listening, just call. Call someone just to let us know that you're OK. We want you home and we love you and we care a lot about you. That's all we ask."

Muentes says authorities want to look at video taken by cameras on Halsted CTA buses to see if that will help find Tisha Muentes.

Muentes says Tisha is 5'1", about 100 pounds. He says she has dark wavy hair that was in a bun when she left the house Monday. He says Tisha was wearing a light brown furry coat with a beige scarf and gloves and jeans. Muentes says Tisha has a lot of freckles.

Anyone with information should call Grand Central Area detectives at (312) 746-8365.

http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/3298986.php?

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Teen girl goes missing in Lakeview

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A search is underway for a 15-year-old girl who has not been seen since Monday morning.

Tisha Muentes left her home in the 5000-block of West Wolfram. She was on her way to Lincoln Park High School when she vanished.

Chicago firefighters are also involved in the search. Muentes is the daughter of a Chicago firefighter.

The family reported the teenager missing to police about 12 hours later, after they realized she did not show up for school and had not contacted any of her friends.

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http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6500449

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Missing Girl's Firefighter Dad Rides Bus in Search of 15-Year-Old

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The firefighter father of a missing North Side teenager on Wednesday plans to board the Chicago Transit Authority bus his daughter rode everyday to talk to people and hand out flyers in his hunt for the missing 15-year-old.

Fabien Muentes says he's teaming up with fellow firefighters and his daughter's friends and teachers to ask for help, about 48 hours after Tisha Muentes was last seen.

he's teaming up with fellow firefighters and his daughter's friends and teachers to ask for help, about 48 hours after was last seen.

The teen left her home for school at around 7 a.m. Monday and hasn't been seen or heard from since.

Tisha Muentes was on her way to Lincoln Park High School, on a CTA bus, but never made it to school, a missing person alert from Grand Central Area detectives said.

Muentes' mother, a paramedic, and her father joined members of the fire department spent Tuesday canvassing the Lincoln Park and Lakeview areas.

Her friends, also aiding in the search, say they're worried because falling out of contact is out-of-character for the teen.

"I've known her since kindergarten. This is not typical of her," one friend said.

A sophomore, Muentes would have taken the Diversey bus to Halsted, then transferred to the Halsted bus, as she does every morning, but she never made it to class Monday.

Friends have taken the search online, creating a page on the social networking site Facebook in order to solicit information. A post on the site says Muentes was on one of the buses.

Muentes' friend, Amanda, was the last to talk to her.

"I called her in the morning at around 7:20, because we have first period gym together," Amanda said.

The flyers, and the level of anxiety, are going up as the hours go by with no sign of Muentes.

"We love her and we want her to come home," Muentes mother, Kristen McCluskey, said through tears.

Muentes stands about 5 feet tall and weighs 105 pounds. She has brown eyes, black hair and an olive complexion.

Anyone with information should call Grand Central Area detectives at 312-746-8365.

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http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Teen-Left-for-School-Monday-Never-Arrived.html

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N.W. Side girl, 15, missing

A 15-year-old Lincoln Park High School student who vanished on her way to school wouldn't have disappeared voluntarily, her mother said Tuesday as friends and family searched for the missing teen.

"She calls. She always calls," the girl's mother, Kristen McCluskey, told NBC Channel 5.

Tisha Muentes' family hasn't heard from her since she left her Northwest Side home about 7 a.m. Monday to catch a CTA bus to the school.

She never arrived, and police issued a missing-person alert.

She's 5 feet tall and weighs 105 pounds. She has brown eyes, black hair and an olive complexion.

Anyone with information about Tisha can contact Grand Central Area detectives at (312) 746-8365.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1274596,CST-NWS-miss12.article

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Firefighter's daughter, NU student missing in separate cases

Chicago firefighters helped a colleague's family search for their missing 15-year-old daughter, last seen heading to Lincoln Park High School on a CTA bus Monday morning.

About 50 other firefighters and paramedics joined Fabian Muentes to canvass businesses in the neighborhood and hand out fliers about his daughter, Tisha.

Tisha, a sophomore at Lincoln Park High, was last seen leaving her grandparents' home Monday morning. She called a friend at 7:20 a.m. Monday, saying she was on a Halsted Street bus and on her way to school, her dad said.

Her parents said she never turned up in school that day. They said she doesn't have a boyfriend, and a quick look at her MySpace page has not turned up anything unusual.

Fabian Muentes is a firefighter at Engine No. 91. Tisha's mother, Kristin McCluskey, is a paramedic on the city's South Side. The couple have been divorced for 13 years.

On nights when both parents work, Tisha would spend the night at her paternal grandparents' home.

Anyone who may have seen her is being asked to call 773-410-6611 or 773-791-8473.

In a separate case, a Northwestern University student has not been seen on campus since Wednesday, the university said in an alert posted on its Web site Tuesday.

Trevor J. Boehm, 20, a freshman from Monument, Colo., has not been in his residence hall, attended classes or used his student ID in the dining halls since Wednesday, university police said.

Anyone with information may call 847-491-3254.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-missing-people-12-nov12,0,1750180.story

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Girl's Disappearance Uncharacteristic

Chicago -- The search continues today for a 15-year-old girl who left for school Monday morning but who never arrived. Anita Padilla brings us up to date.

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Missing Chicago student found

CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities ay a 15-year-old Chicago girl who vanished after she was seen heading off to high school is back home and safe.

Chicago police said Wednesday night that Tisha Muentes is in good condition. They say the teen contacted her father, a city firefighter, and he called police.

Information about her whereabouts the past few days isn't immediately available.

Muentes was last seen leaving her grandmother's house Monday morning. Her father says a short time later she used a cell phone to tell a friend that she was on the bus and on her way to class at Lincoln Park High School.

A local resident offered a $10,000 reward.

http://www.wrex.com/Global/story.asp?S=9340967

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Missing Teen Returns Home

CHICAGO (WBBM) ― The 15-year-old girl who was missing since Monday morning is home safe, according to a family source.

Grand Central Area detectives said the girl called her father just after 9 p.m. Wednesday to let him know she had returned. Two detectives went to the family's home Wednesday night to interview the girl, who "looked well."

Detectives were still talking to the girl and information on her whereabouts for the past two days was not available.

Police, family members and volunteers left no stones unturned in their search for a 15-year-old Northwest Side girl who never made it to school Monday.

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http://www.wbbm780.com/Missing-Teen-Returns-Home/3308837

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update on Trevor J. Boehm

The body of a young man found in Lake Michigan over the weekend is that of missing Northwestern University student Trevor J. Boehm, the school announced Monday evening.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office Monday notified Northwestern University the body was that of Boehm, 20, a first-year student from Monument, Col., who had been reported missing Nov. 9, according to a release from the school.

On Nov. 13, his jacket, which contained Boehm’s Northwestern identification card, keys, and cell phone, was found among the rocks on the shore of Lake Michigan on Northwestern’s Evanston campus.

An autopsy Monday found that the young man died from drowning, but the manner of death, whether it was an accident or a suicide, was pending further investigation, according to the medical examiner's office.

“Our hearts go out to Trevor’s family and our thoughts are with them at this time,” Northwestern University President Henry S. Bienen said. “The death of one of our students affects the entire Northwestern community. We join the Boehm family in mourning the loss of Trevor.”

Boehm was a student in Northwestern’s School of Communication and involved in theater productions on campus.

Members of the Northwestern University Counseling and Psychological Services staff have been notified and are available to students, the release said.

Boehm's body was spotted in the lake off Montrose Harbor Sunday about 7:20 a.m.