Thinking of Vikki Vukelich on her birthday...
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/v/vukelich_vikki.html
I
ask that you please share Vikki's story. Will you please share? One
tip...that's all it takes. Thank You!
Vikki's husband, David Vukelich, says he last saw her on February 23,
1991 in their home in the 500 block of Tulip Drive in Glenwood IL. David
stated he and Vikki argued about going to a party the night of her
disappearance. He went to bed and she slept on the couch. When David
woke up the following morning, there was an empty glass of wine in the
living room and Vikki was gone. $8,000 was also missing from the home,
but Vikki left behind her clothes, her shoes, her eyeglasses, and her
two daughters.
David and Vikki married in 1986. They had a troubled relationship and
the police had been called to their house several times and arrested
both of them due to domestic disputes. All the charges were dismissed
each time. Shortly before her disappearance, Vikki told her friends she
was going to divorce David. She had filed for divorce twice previously,
in 1988 and 1989, but never went through with the whole process.She said
she dropped the divorce suits because she was not sure she could
support herself financially, without David's help, but she took a second
job shortly before her disappearance and told her friends she was
"really going to do it this time."
David did not report his wife missing; a friend of Vikki's filed a
report on February 28th. Neighbors stated that shortly after Vikki
vanished, David did cement work in his driveway and garage and removed
carpeting from the home. He told Vikki's older daughter not to go in the
basement. Two months after his wife's disappearance, David filed for
divorce. During the proceedings, he testified that Vikki frequently left
him without warning for periods of time and would then return with no
explanation as to where she had been. The couple's divorce was finalized
in August 1991. David remarried in 1994, but his second wife died,
apparently of breast cancer, a short time later. He remarried again in
2002. He moved out of his and Vikki's home seven months after her
disappearance and now lives in Dyer IN.
In 2003, authorities searched the house the Vukeliches lived in when
Vikki vanished. They also exhumed David's second wife's body to look for
signs of foul play. It is not known what, if any, evidence was
discovered, as a result of these efforts. Vikki's older daughter was
interviewed by investigators and media at that time and stated that
while her mother occasionally left the family home for short periods
after fighting with David, she always kept in contact with her children.
Although David is considered the prime suspect in Vikki's disappearance,
he has never been charged in connection with it. Vikki's case remains
unsolved. She owned a beauty parlor in South Holland IL in 1991.
If you have any information concerning Vikki's case, please contact:
Glenwood Police Department
708-758-6071
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Missing Loved Ones of Illinois
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