Crime & Safety

Police Search for Missing Ingleside Man

Police are searching for a missing 40-year-old Ingleside with a history of mental health issues who was last heard from Sunday night, according to the Daily Herald. 

As of early Wednesday, police had used a K-9 unit and Air One helicopter to search the area for Eric Walleck, of the 500 block of Lincoln Ave. in Ingleside, but did not turn up any leads, according to the Lake County News-Sun. 

Walleck is described as having brown hair, brown eyes, tattoos on both shoulders and his right forearm and is 5-feet, 8-inches, according to the Daily Herald. His father told police that his son said masked men came into his apartment on Saturday and threatened him, according to the Lake County News-Sun. 

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Anyone with information on Walleck's whereabouts can contact the Fox Lake Police Department at (847) 587-3100, according to the Lake County News-Sun. 


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