{"id":499215,"date":"2026-01-07T15:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499215\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:46:14","slug":"chicago-special-education-teacher-linda-brown-missing-family-pleads-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499215\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago special education teacher Linda Brown missing, family pleads for help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/education\/teachers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special education teacher<\/a> has disappeared, leaving her family fearful and desperate for answers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Linda Brown, 53, was last seen on Saturday in Chicago&#8217;s Bronzeville neighborhood, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Brown was heading to the Wicker Park area for an acupuncture appointment but never arrived, according to a missing person flyer the Chicago Teachers Union posted online.<\/p>\n<p>Brown\u2019s husband, Antwon Brown, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/husband-pleads-for-help-to-find-missing-cps-teacher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX32 Chicago<\/a> that he and his wife watched a movie before going to bed early Friday night. When he woke up the next day, Brown was already gone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/slender-man-stabbers-escape-proves-she-should-never-have-been-released-expert-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018SLENDER MAN\u2019 STABBER\u2019S ESCAPE PROVES SHE \u2018SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN RELEASED,\u2019 EXPERT SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/linda-brown-missing-2.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Brown smiling\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Linda Brown vanished Saturday from Chicago&#8217;s Bronzeville neighborhood, police said. (Chicago Teachers Union)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m broke down, I don&#8217;t know what to do,&#8221; he told the station. &#8220;I&#8217;ve done everything. I&#8217;m talking to people; we got people searching for her, I&#8217;m out of options. I don&#8217;t know what to do.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/linda-brown-missing-wings.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Brown smiling in a black dress\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Linda Brown is a special education teacher at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport. (Chicago Police Department)<\/p>\n<p>Antwon Brown said that it was out of character for his wife not to show up to the scheduled acupuncture appointment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/missing-south-carolina-teen-mackenzie-dalton-found-safe-after-monthlong-search-leads-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MISSING SOUTH CAROLINA TEEN MACKENZIE DALTON FOUND SAFE AFTER MONTHLONG SEARCH LEADS TO ARREST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I woke up at 8:45 a.m. and she was gone,&#8221; he said. &#8220;She took her purse and credit cards, but I&#8217;m thinking she was at acupuncture.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called police<\/a> on Sunday after multiple calls and messages to Brown went unanswered.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chicago-Police-vehicle.png\" alt=\"Chicago Police cruiser\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Chicago police said Brown may be in need of medical attention. (Beata Zawrzel\/NurPhoto via Getty Images, File)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Antwon Brown said Linda, a special education teacher at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport, has a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/mental-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental health issues<\/a>. He said this was the first time she has gone missing.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Brown may be driving a blue Honda Civic with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/illinois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Illinois plates<\/a> and that she may need medical attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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