Missing
Luis Israel Baez
Baez, approximately 1999
Date and time person was reported missing : 02/22/1999
Missing location (approx) :
Lyons, Illinois
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
Hispanic
DOB : 01/25/1975 (46)
Age at the time of disappearance: 24 years old
Height / Weight : 5'5, 150 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A gold chain, a watch, an off-white detailed zippered shirt, navy-colored jeans and black boots.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Hispanic male. Black hair, brown eyes. Baez has two tattooed dots on both of his hands between his thumbs and index fingers.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Baez was staying at a hotel located on 39th Street and Harlem Avenue in Lyons, Illinois in February 1999. He has never been seen again. All of Baez's personal belongings were located inside his hotel room, including his coat, clothes and cellular phone. Further details regarding Baez's case are not available.
Other information and links : ncy
Cicero Police Department
708-652-2130
September 2021 updates and sources
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