Missing CPS teacher's car found, family says

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A family member said Wednesday that the car belonging to a missing Chicago Public Schools teacher has been found, but she is still missing.

Linda Brown, 53, disappeared over the weekend. Her husband says when he woke up Saturday morning, she was gone.

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He says he initially thought she had gone to an acupuncture appointment.

Chicago police have not released much information on the case so far, and the family member is not saying where the car was located.

Her family spent Monday retracing the Bridgeport teacher's last steps and calling area hospitals, but have turned up nothing. Now, they are pleading with the public to help them bring her home safely.

"We don't know where she is. We need to find her because I'm breaking down and I don't know what to do," husband Antwon Brown said.

Chicago police said Brown was last seen in the 4500-block of South Martin Luther King Drive, not far from where she lives, on Saturday. But flyers with Brown's photo are now being circulated online and throughout the Chicago area.

The special education teacher at Chicago Public Schools' Robert Healy Elementary School was set to return to work on Monday. Healy's principal sent out a letter alerting the school's community with a plea to contact police with any information.

The school offered students mental health support.

CPD asked anyone with information to call Area One SVU detectives at 312-747-8380.