Fears for father and toddler who went missing during a walk as cops find youngster’s abandoned stroller
Authorities in Illinois are desperately searching for a father and his young son who mysteriously disappeared after going for a walk on Saturday.
Todd Sabatini took his son, Theo, for a walk around their home in McHenry at around 12pm, which family members said was a ‘normal activity’ for the father and son duo.
But when they failed to return home by 4pm, family members started to become concerned, and contacted the McHenry Police Department.
They said the prolonged trip was ‘unusual behavior’ for Todd, who did not ‘have the necessary provisions for an extended excursion with Theo,’ PEOPLE reports.
When officers then began to investigate what may have happened to Todd, 36, and Theo, 22 months, they found the toddler’s stroller behind a local business.
Officers later also obtained security footage showing Todd with his young son at a Jewel-Osco supermarket ‘attempting to make contact with someone within Zion Lutheran Church.’
He also apparently spoke with someone at a local Taco Bell.
It is unclear what the father may have been discussing with the locals, but in the aftermath he obtained a rideshare and visited the Greenfield Police Department in Wisconsin, where he spoke with an officer.
Todd and his son then left the police station on foot at around 2pm.
Todd Sabatini and his young son, Theo, were last spotted in Greenfield, Wisconsin
‘As this behavior is unusual, the McHenry Police Department is actively working with the Greenfield Police Department to check the welfare of Todd and Theo,’ officers said.
By Sunday evening, McHenry police said they had ‘reliable information putting Todd and Theo in Milwaukee in the last couple of hours.’
‘We are actively conducting searches and follow-up investigation efforts in that area,’ the police department posted on Facebook, noting that both the father and son are now listed as missing persons.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
