CHICAGO (CBS) — Police say they now have a person of interest in the case of a Calumet City woman who has been missing for a week.
A search scheduled for today has been called off after developments in the investigation last night. Police would not provide details.
Gena Chiodo, 42, of the 1300 hundred block of Price Avenue, was last seen at her home last Saturday.
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Calumet Police Ed Gilmore said Saturday that some leads are still being pursued.
Police were at Chiodo’s home last night, and have talked to her boyfriend but would not say if he was the person of interest.
Nobody is in custody.
Officially, it’s a missing person case, but police and Chiodo’s family fear the worst, because of what was found at her Calumet City home after she disappeared six days ago.
CBS 2’s Brad Edwards reports sources said a sheriff’s bloodhound was requested in the case Wednesday night, after blood was found in Chiodo’s home.
Police also have spoken to her boyfriend a number of times.
Her boyfriend could not be reached for comment on the case.
Friday afternoon, some of Chiodo’s friends were distributing 1,000 flyers, in hopes of finding someone who might have seen her.
“She would never leave and not call somebody,” said co-worker Donna Wuchter. “All we want to do is find her now, and get her home, or at least find her. We want her back.”
Chiodo’s best friend, Michelle Mack, said, she’s “a beautiful person; didn’t deserve it, didn’t disappear on her own. It’s just a waste.”
Crime scene technicians were at Chiodo’s home again on Friday, searching her garage.
Gilmore said on Friday, “We have to now think that it may be she may have become the victim of foul play.”
