Deborah Dewey 
 
 LADD — Family members of a Ladd woman whose car was found parked in Morris a week after she went missing say they think she was abducted, although police say they have no evidence of that. 
 
 Deborah Dewey, 62, last was heard from the morning of Aug. 22, and was reported missing the next day. 
 
 A volunteer searcher found her gray Buick Lacrosse Monday morning, “neatly parked” at the R Place Family Restaurant at the TA Truck Stop off state Route 47 just north of Interstate 80, about 40 miles from her home, state police Lt. Jeff Padilla said. 
 
 Police don’t know if Dewey drove the car there, or how long it had been parked. No camera footage of that area is available, and she was not seen on security footage taken at the pumps or inside the store or restaurant, Padilla said. 
 
 “We have not seen her in Morris, other than having her car in the parking lot,” he said. 
 
 “We have no indication at this point of any foul play.” 
 
 Dewey is seen on camera footage in the Spring Valley area the Monday morning she went missing, but appears to be “running errands, and it seems to be routine,” Padilla said. 
 
 Chris Dewey, Deborah’s son, said he thinks she was abducted. 
 
 Not only were her cellphone charger and medication – items Dewey would not leave behind – found at her home, but “she had no reason to go [to Morris] and wouldn’t have driven on the interstate to get there,” he said. 
 
 Aug. 22 was a vacation day from her job at Riverfront Machine in Spring Valley. She talked with her son at 5 a.m., as was their routine, and texted a friend around 7 a.m., her niece, Laurie Eich of Troy Grove, said. 
 
 When she didn’t show up for work the next day, didn’t answer her phone and was not at home, her family called police. 
 
 Her car and apartment have been secured, and investigators are trying to establish a timeline of her activities. The text message was the last time her cellphone was used. 
 
 Among other things, ISP has conducted air and ground searches, checked with gaming units to see if she has any connections to area casinos, and asked Illinois State Conservation Police to search the Illinois River using sonar, Padilla said. Law enforcement agencies throughout the region have been notified. 
 
 “We’re looking down every avenue, and we’re going to keep looking. We have an active command post in LaSalle, and we’re going to continue to do everything we can to try and find Debbie,” Padilla said. 
 
 HOW TO HELP 
 
 Deborah Dewey, 62, is white, 5-foot-5, 150 pounds with gray hair, brown eyes and glasses. 
 
 Those who want to help can pass out fliers that are available at the Ladd Police Department, 121 N Main Ave. 
 
 An unspecified cash reward is being offered for information on her whereabouts. 
 
 Those with information are asked to call Illinois State Police at 815-224-1171. ||||| Deborah Dewey Illinois State Police 
 
 It’s been two weeks since Deborah Dewey last spoke with her family and friends, and the discovery of her vehicle last week has only fueled their fears. 
 
 “It sucks. It’s frustrating, because you are optimistic in the search every day. But at night you don’t have much to go on,” Chris Dewey, Deborah’s son, told Dateline. “People just don’t’ vanish into thin air.” 
 
 Deborah Dewey was last heard from on August 22 when she texted a friend around 7:00 a.m. She had the day off, according to her son, and is seen in surveillance images running errands. When no one had heard from her, and she didn’t show up to work the next day, it was apparent something was wrong. 
 
 The 62-year-old always stuck to her routine, never really traveling far from the area surrounding Spring Valley, Illinois. That’s why when her 2007 grey Buick LaCrosse was discovered in the parking lot of a restaurant and truck stop nearly an hour way in Morris, Illinois, it was alarming. 
 
 Deborah’s purse and keys were reportedly left undisturbed in the unlocked vehicle, and there were no outward signs of damage, police said. 
 
 “Whenever she had to go anywhere far, I’d drive her or a friend would. She didn’t like driving on the interstate or at night,” Chris told Dateline. 
 
 It was actually a volunteer who was actively looking for Deborah who found her vehicle. Chris and dozens of family members, friends and perfect strangers have logged hundreds of hours in the search. 
 
 Efforts are now being focused near the area where the vehicle was discovered. Fliers are also being distributed at other truck stops nearby. 
 
 “It’s not because of lack of effort that we’re not finding her,” Chris said. 
 
 Multiple agencies are helping in the search for Deborah, including the Illinois State Police, the Bureau County Sheriff’s Office, the Ladd Police Department and the Kane County Sheriff’s Office. Little information is available to be released in the case, authorities said. 
 
 Officials have said foul play has not been ruled in or out. 
 
 In an effort to try and entice anyone with information to come forward, Chris and several others including his mother’s boss, are offering a $10,000 reward for information that brings Deborah home. 
 
 Chris and his mother are extremely close, and the search is taking its toll. Last year, his father passed away, so now it’s just him and his mom. He said he’ll do whatever he has to, to get her back safely. 
 
 “We aren’t giving up hope. Anyone with information, please call it in and bring her home.” 
 
 Deborah Dewey is described as 5’5” tall, weighing 150 lbs with short, grey hair and brown eyes. She wears glasses. 
 
 Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is urged to call the Illinois State Police at (800) 843-5763. ||||| MORRIS – The vehicle of a Ladd woman reported missing Aug. 23 was located Monday morning in the parking lot of R-Place Family Restaurant in Morris. 
 
 Deborah Dewey's unlocked gray 2007 Buick LaCrosse was "neatly parked" in the lot of the restaurant that sits along Route 47, with no signs of damage and no indication of Dewey being in the area, according to Lt. Jeff Padilla, lead investigator with Illinois State Police District 17. 
 
 Grundy County Sheriff Kevin Callahan said the search is being handled by the Illinois State Police but his deputies have a description of the woman and are aware of the search. 
 
 A volunteer actively searching for Dewey was the one to report the location of the car. Police are unsure how long the car had been parked in the lot, and they don't know if Dewey was the driver of the vehicle when it was parked. 
 
 Padilla said there was no footage of the parking lot where the car had been sitting. 
 
 "There is footage at the pumps and inside the store and restaurant," he said, adding Dewey was not seen on any of those cameras. 
 
 "We have not seen her in Morris, other than having her car in the parking lot," he said. 
 
 At this point, police don't have enough evidence to confirm whether Dewey went missing on her own or not. 
 
 "We have no indication at this point of any foul play," Padilla said. 
 
 Chris Dewey, Deborah's son, said it's unusual his mother's car would be in Morris. She had no reason to be there, he said, adding that his mother didn't like to drive on busy interstates and always avoided them when possible. 
 
 Padilla, however, noted there are many ways of getting to the Morris restaurant without taking Interstate 80. Despite that statement, Chris said his mother would never drive to Morris and believes she was abducted. 
 
 Police have secured the car and Dewey's apartment in Ladd. 
 
 "We are still working to firm up a timeline as to when she was last seen and heard from," Padilla said. 
 
 Dewey is 62, white, with short gray hair and brown eyes. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. Dewey has not contacted her family or friends since Aug. 22. The last known communication from Dewey was through a text message sent around 7 a.m. that day. 
 
 Padilla said police have Dewey on security camera footage in the Spring Valley area the morning of Aug. 22, but from what can be seen, she's doing nothing out of the ordinary.
– "People just don't vanish into thin air," says Chris Dewey, as the search for his mother continues for a third week. Authorities in Spring Valley, Ill., say Deborah Dewey, 62, texted a friend at 7am on Aug. 22, then ran some errands, but failed to show up for work the next day. A week later, her unlocked car was found in a truck stop parking lot about an hour from her home, with her purse and keys inside, leading her son to suspect foul play. "Whenever she had to go anywhere far, I'd drive her or a friend would. She didn't like driving on the interstate or at night," he tells Dateline, per NBC News. He adds that Dewey's medication and phone charger were left at home, per SaukValley.com. It isn't clear how long Dewey's 2007 Buick LaCrosse had been parked at the truck stop in Morris, Ill., or whether Dewey had driven it. Police say Dewey—described as white, 5-foot-5, 150 pounds, with short gray hair, brown eyes, and glasses—was not seen on surveillance footage from gas pumps or a truck stop restaurant, reports the Herald-News. "We're looking down every avenue, and we're going to keep looking," an investigator says, noting officers have carried out air missions and asked Illinois State Conservation Police to scan the Illinois River with sonar devices. A $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to Dewey's return. (The remains of a woman missing 40 years were just found.)