Family seeks help finding missing South Bend man

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Mar 27, 2008 at 12:10 PM EST

Story Updated: Mar 27, 2008 at 12:11 PM EST

SOUTH BEND — Family members of Joe Faecke, a South Bend man who has been missing since Sunday, are asking the public for help in locating him.

Faecke, 52, was last seen at his Mishawaka business, the Red Wing Shoe Store, in Indian Ridge Plaza. He was driving a gray 2000 Dodge Durango that has not been recovered. The vehicle, license plate number 71S1878, has a sticker in the shape of a red wing in the back window.

Faecke is 5-foot-11 and 250 pounds.

Family members told the South Bend Tribune they filed a police report Tuesday.

"There’s no reason to believe he would take off," Faecke’s wife, Catherine Faecke, said.

"This is totally out of character," Joe Faecke’s brother, Thomas Faecke, said.

Family members of Faecke are asking anyone with information of Faecke’s whereabouts to call Catherine Faecke at (574) 291-1048 or Thomas Faecke at (937) 479-0710.

Friday, Mar 28 at 3:00 PM me wrote ...

there is a photo on the south bend tribune website.

Friday, Mar 28 at 1:14 PM Please post a picture. wrote ...

A photo would be helpful please WSBT. I feel for the family, how horrible.

Friday, Mar 28 at 12:10 PM Anonymous wrote ...

My thoughts and prayers are with t his family. I have met this man, and he is very kind!

Friday, Mar 28 at 8:36 AM Texas grandma wrote ...

Anonymous it's obvious you have never been in the Red Wing shoe store. You can't buy a pair of Nike shoes there. My prayers are with the family.

Thursday, Mar 27 at 2:55 PM ron wrote ...

Anytime you get Nike or any OVER priced brands for 1/2 the price,you gotta know they aren`t real...especially at those two stores.

Thursday, Mar 27 at 1:18 PM Anonymous wrote ...

In reading an aricle in yesterday's South bend tribune about 2 stores getting busted for selling unlicensed nike shoes, now reading an article about a shoe store owner missing, something just does not sound right here. Hope they find the missing man and all is well.

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