The shoes of “Molly” Zelko, found outside her residence during a wellness check, sits on display with the newspaper that first reported the missing journalist at the Joliet Area Historical Museum’s Unsolved History: Molly Zelko at 65 event. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, in Joliet. (Gary Middendorf - gmiddendorf@shawmedia.com/Gary Middendorf)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumnus. Transitioned from animation to photography in 2010. Freelanced as a photojournalist from 2011 to 2021 before taking on the role as Photo Editor for the Herald-News in 2021.