Search underway for missing person Phillip 'Hedy' Vasquez, who disappeared from Roseland, Chicago without medication: family

CHICAGO (WLS) — A frantic search is underway Tuesday for a 41-year-old man who family members say is high risk.

Phillip “Hedy” Vasquez of the South Side has been missing since Monday afternoon. His family says he left without the medication he desperately needs.

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A neighbor's doorbell camera captured footage of Vasquez walking from his Roseland home next to the neighbor's house around noon Monday. Shortly after, he leaves the neighbor's house and walks on the sidewalk. That was the last time his family saw him.

“No one has heard from him. When he left, he left with just the clothes on his back and nothing else,” said Mary Ann Vasquez, the missing man's mother. .

On Tuesday, relatives were putting up signs throughout the neighborhood hoping to find someone who might have an idea of ​​Vasquez's whereabouts. He graduated from MIT and Harvard and worked as a private tutor until a recent seizure caused a brain injury and nearly killed him. He now takes anti-epileptic medication. But he also left the house on Monday without it.

“He's at high risk for a seizure, and it could be life-threatening. So the more time passes, the more urgent it becomes,” said Suzy Lebron, Vasquez's aunt.

Loved ones say Vasquez, a world traveler, is full of life. He is single and has no children, but enjoys tutoring young students and helping them succeed. They checked many places in the neighborhood where he could be. They have no reason, at this stage, to suspect foul play. But they just don't know it.

“He suffers from brain fog, short-term memory problems and dizziness. But I never imagined he would leave and not come back,” his mother said.

“It’s terrifying, because we have no idea where he went,” Lebron said.

The family is asking anyone who thinks they have relevant information to call the Chicago Police Special Victims Unit. They say time is running out.