Linda Brown: Missing Chicago teacher's family provides new details in search for her

Car of missing CPS teacher found

We have a breaking news update on the search for a missing CPS teacher.  Leslie Moreno has been closely following this case and joins us live with the latest information.

CHICAGO - The family of missing Chicago Public Schools teacher Linda Brown says surveillance video shows her leaving her car and walking away, providing new details as the search for the 53-year-old continues.

What we know:

Brown has been missing since Saturday afternoon. She was last seen in the 4500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in the Bronzeville neighborhood, according to Chicago police.

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Her husband, Antwon Brown, said Wednesday that her blue Honda Civic had been found. Family members said the vehicle was located near 35th Street and Lake Park Avenue.

Surveillance video shows Brown parking her car, getting out and walking toward a pedestrian bridge leading to the lakefront, family members said. Brown appeared to be alone in the footage, which was recorded at about 3 a.m. Jan. 3. 

She was last seen walking across the bridge, according to her family.

"Detectives have been working hard looking for her along the lakefront. We will be starting our own search party in that area. They are going to continue to search for any video footage," her family said. "Linda may be on foot." 

Family members said the video does not show Brown returning to her vehicle.

Authorities have said Brown may be in need of medical attention if located.

The backstory:

Antwon Brown said the last time he saw his wife was Friday night, when the couple watched a movie before she went to bed early.

When he woke up Saturday morning, she was gone.

"I'm broke down, I don't know what to do. I've done everything. I'm talking to people. We got people searching for her. I'm out of options. I don't know what to do," he told FOX Chicago.

Brown never showed up for a scheduled acupuncture appointment Saturday, something her husband said was completely out of character. When calls and messages went unanswered, the family contacted police Sunday.

"I woke up at 8:45 a.m. and she was gone. She took her purse and credit cards, but I'm thinking she was at acupuncture," he said.

Brown is a longtime special education teacher at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport. Her husband has said she has a history of mental illness but has never gone missing before.

What you can do:

Anyone with information about Linda Brown’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Chicago Police Department.

What's next:

The family shared information about a search party happening on Friday.