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Drone Search Expands for Missing Northwestern Professor Nina Kraus, 72

Police focus on the Evanston lakefront with drone flights following new tips.

Overview

  • Kraus was last seen around 9 a.m. on Sept. 1 leaving her home on the 1500 block of Ashland Avenue in Evanston to go for a walk.
  • Evanston police are leading the investigation with assistance from Northwestern University police, and the university has asked the public for help.
  • Officers flew a drone along the Church Street lakefront this morning without results, and another search is expected this afternoon.
  • Police say they do not suspect foul play at this time and urge anyone with information to call 847-866-5000.
  • Her family says she left without her phone and she was last seen in long pants and a windbreaker; she is 5-foot-4, about 140 pounds, with long silver hair and brown eyes.