[LeArc] *** AMBER ALERT *** (ILLINOIS Related)

[Duane Whittingham]

Amber Alert
Issued Saturday November 30. (waiting for photos)

Investigators say 5-year-old Ashley Gleeson and 3-year-old Joshua
Gleeson were abducted by their father, 48-year-old Patrick M.
Gleeson, 48, 5' 7", 175 lbs. brown hair and brown eyes on November
25th in Dwight, Illinois, about 75 miles Southwest of Chicago. They
were last seen in the Holland Michigan area. Gleeson was last seen
driving a blue 1995 Ford Aerostar van with Illinois plate number
CKT764.

Joshua is described as white, 3 foot 8, 40 pounds, with hazel eyes
and brown hair, last seen wearing Blue Spiderman shirt, blue jeans
and Power Ranger Shoes. Ashley is 3 foot 4, 40 pounds also with hazel
eyes and brown hair, last seen wearing a pink long sleeve shirt with
"Brat" on the front, white tennis shoes.

They were abducted by their father, 48-year-old Patrick Gleeson, on
November 25th in Dwight, Illinois, about 75 miles Southwest of
Chicago. Police in Illinois notified Ottawa County authorities that
Gleeson was headed for his girlfriend's house in Park Township. When
sheriffs deputies went to her home, they found 43-year-old Dena Lyn
Suglseth dead. Authorities say it appears she was killed several days
ago. They are not saying how she died.

Gleeson is wanted for parental kidnapping and open murder. The
children are considered at great risk of bodily harm or death.

Anyone with information should call 9-1-1 or the Ottawa Michigan
County Sheriff's Department at 616-738-4020 or dial 911.