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This person was missing Missing Since 02/23/1991

Missing Since:

Missing Since 02/23/1991

Missing From:

Missing From Glenwood, Illinois

Classification:

Classification Endangered Missing

Gender:

Female

Race:

Race White

Date of Birth:

Date of Birth 01/06/1959 (66)

Age:

Age 32 years old

Height and Weight:

Height and Weight 5’1 – 5’4, 110 – 120 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:

Clothing/Jewelry Description Possibly a long-sleeved shirt, sweatpants, socks, gold hoop earrings, diamond rings, ruby earrings, a gold necklace with a cross pendant, and a gold wedding band on her left ring finger.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Vikki wears clear contact lenses or eyeglasses with plastic frames, but she did not have them with her when she disappeared. She has a Cesarean section scar on her abdomen and her upper and lower teeth are crooked. Her left ear is pierced three times and her right ear five times. Vikki’s maiden name is Cihon. Her first name may be spelled “Vicki” and her last name “Vukkelich.”

Details of Disappearance:

Vikki Vukelich disappeared from her Glenwood, Illinois home on or around February 23, 1991. Her husband, David, said they argued the night before, he went to bed, and she slept on the couch. When he woke up, she was gone, along with $8,000. Vikki left behind her belongings and two young daughters.

David and Vikki had a difficult marriage, with multiple police calls due to fighting. Vikki had tried to divorce David twice before, but didn’t go through with it. Just before her disappearance, she’d gotten a second job and told friends she was finally going to divorce him. David didn’t report Vikki missing; a friend did a few days later.

Suspiciously, after Vikki vanished, David did home improvements, including cement work and carpet removal, and told his daughter not to go in the basement. He filed for divorce two months later. He claimed Vikki often left unexpectedly, but her daughter said she always contacted them.

Police searched the Vukelich home and even exhumed David’s second wife’s body in 2003, but the results weren’t made public. David hasn’t cooperated with the investigation. Although he’s the prime suspect, he’s never been charged, and Vikki’s disappearance remains a mystery. At the time of her disappearance, Vikki owned a beauty salon.

Agency:

Glenwood Police Department 708-758-6071

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