Teresa Chillemi went missing, officially, on Jan. 3, and according to police she was found Jan.6th, But she’s been missing from her mother’s life for months, if not years. The 37-year-old mother of three from Portage has lived a troubled adult life and her mother has no idea of her whereabouts or safety.
We often hear of such troubled people who become formally listed as “missing” yet who’ve been missing for years in many ways from their families or loved ones. Some family members, including Jerry, have given up on these lost souls at one time or another.
This is a tragically familiar dilemma for parents of troubled adult children who’ve burned too many bridges in life with other family members, old friends and caring co-workers. At what point do they care more about their loved one’s life than the person who’s missing, again? What if Chillemi simply checked out of her life, yet again, for a few weeks? What if she’s safe and protected somewhere? She has every right to do this, right?
Later in the show we’ll chat with Jordan McCoy of LaPorte whose boyfriend, Brandon Fiscus, was struck and killed by an erratic driver Oct. 12 while he worked his construction job on I-65 in Hobart.
His case is still under investigation by the Lake County Prosecutors’ office, and by the family attorney, which is causing McCoy and Brandon’s family understandable anguish as they await a court date for the 23-year-old woman who killed him.
Also, Jerry Boyd of Chesterton unearthed a 90-year-old letter written by his grandfather, Donald Boyd, on the verge of the new year 1927. Regardless of era, his insights are timeless, even more important now 90 years later. We’ll chat with Jerry Boyd later in the show.