Aerial search for missing person near Yates City

Heard on: Tazewell IL Interop Group Calls

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Farmington two from air five.

00:03

Air five, go ahead.

00:06

We surveyed Knox Road (number withheld) East, north all the way to Yates City.

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Both sides of the road, we're not able to find anything that looked interesting, and that we've been checking that area of his last seen location northbound at Barlow and Main, heavily, and nothing in the cornfields that we can see.

00:25

Is there anywhere else that you wanted to? Just to try to check out.

00:31

I mean, he did have a habit of wanting to walk 116 to Peoria.

00:36

I mean, we stopped him every time, but he said something about going to Peoria each time.

00:43

10-4.

00:46

Other than that, I don't have any suggestions unless you do.

00:51

Ten four. Yeah, we were talking about where we think maybe we could search.

00:57

We don't have anything else.

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We'll take 116 over to the east for a little bit and let you know if we see anything.

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And otherwise, we're going to return to base.

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Ten four. Thank you for everything.

2026-09-16 22:48 UTC

Missing Person

Knox Rd 2300 E, Yates City, IL 61572

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As discussed during the dispatch call, air units conducted an aerial search for a missing or endangered person near Knox Road (number withheld) East, extending north toward Yates City. Searchers reported no signs of the person in the roadway or nearby cornfields and discussed checking Route 116 toward Peoria based on the person’s past habit of walking in that direction.

Aerial search for missing person near Yates City

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