Crime & Safety
Child Abduction Attempt Prompts Sheriff's Office to Seek Public's Help
Man tried to lure 9-year-old girl into a van in Palos Heights.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying and
apprehending a man who attempted to abduct a 9-year-old girl in Palos Heights by luring her into a van with a ladder on the roof.
The incident occurred on Dec. 18 in the area of 129th Place and Moody Avenue. The sheriff's office issued a release Monday afternoon seeking assistance.
The offender is described as a white man in his late teens. At the time of the attempted abduction, he was clean shaven and wearing a black jacket or sweatshirt.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Police Investigations Section at 708-865-4896.
— Cook County Sheriff's Office
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