Missing Boy In Tinley Park: Imad Alsarraj Disappeared July 12

TINLEY PARK, IL -- A Tinley Park boy hasn't been seen since Thursday afternoon when he left to go play basketball at a neighborhood park. Imad Alsarraj, 14, was last seen in the 7300 block of South Sandalwood on July 12. Imade told his mother he was going to Volunteer Park to play basketball around 4 p.m. His mother became concerned when Imad did not return home by his 7 p.m. curfew.

“My brother is supposed to be home by 7 p.m. before it gets dark. He’s usually home by 7 or 7:30,” said Larisa Mujkic. “I finished my shift at 8:15 and my mother told me to check on my brother at the basketball court.”

The park was empty when his sister arrived. The family is distributing fliers around the Tinley Park area. They also filed a police report with the Tinley Park Police Department. Mujkic said detectives have told the family there is no trace of her brother.

Mujkic says she’s also returned to the basketball court at Volunteer Park to ask the other boys playing there if they remember seeing her brother late Thursday afternoon, but the boys claim not to know him.

Imad was wearing a black shirt with white stripes, black shorts and black gym shoes when he left to play basketball. The boy is white, 5-feet, 4-inches tall and weighs around 125 pounds. Imad has dark brown eyes and dark brown hair.

The family is asking anyone with information about Imad to please call them at 708-490-7439 or call 911.