Crime & Safety

Police Searching Palos Forest Preserve for Missing Chicago Man

Cook County Sheriff's Police say John Michael Cunningham Jr. was last seen in forest preserve area near Palos Park on Thursday morning.

Caption: John Cunningham Jr.

A multi-agency search is underway for a man believed to be lost in the Cook County Forest Preserves near Palos Park.

John Michael Cunningham Jr., 27, of Chicago, was last seen around 10:45 a.m. Thursday near a forest preserve area at 104th Street and McCarthy Road. He was wearing a gray T-shirt and black sweat pants.

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Cook County Sheriff’s Police and other local police agencies were searching the area Friday morning with tracking dogs.

Anyone with information about Cunningham’s whereabouts is asked to contact the sheriff’s police at 708-865-4896 or call 911.

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