Missing Plainfield Man Found Safe: Sheriff

PLAINFIELD, IL — The Will County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday said a missing Plainfield man has been found safe. Spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer said Charles W. Sharp Jr., 67, was found safe at a hotel in Darien. She said she did not have any further information on his disappearance.

On Tuesday, the Will County Sheriff's Office issued a press bulletin seeking the public's help in finding Sharp, saying he went missing on Monday morning from his home in the 21000 block of West Empress Lane. Authorities said he left without his cell phone, driving a light blue Honda CR-V, four-door sports utility vehicle, with Illinois license plates #TL1630.

"Mr. Sharp’s wife reported that her husband left the house shortly after 6:30 a.m. while she was in another room of the house. Mr. Sharp has been diagnosed with depression and had a 9 a.m. doctor’s appointment in Hinsdale. He never arrived to that appointment," Will County Sheriff's officials said.

There was no activity over the past two days on Sharp's I-Pass transponder nor on his banking accounts or credit/debit cards, police said. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Will County Sheriff's officials asked anyone with information about his whereabouts to call 911.

Images of Charles Sharp Jr., provided by the Will County Sheriff's Office