Disappearance of Lisa Stebic

Lisa Michelle Stebic, née Ruttenberg (born May 19, 1969) is an American missing person. The mother of two went missing from her home in Plainfield, Illinois on April 30, 2007.[1][2]

Lisa Michelle Stebic
Born(1969-05-19)May 19, 1969
Illinois, United States
DisappearedApril 30, 2007 (aged 37)
Plainfield, Illinois
StatusMissing for 17 years, 6 months and 13 days

Stebic is 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m) tall, 120 pounds (54 kg), with brown hair and brown eyes. She has two visible tattoos, a small rose on her ankle and a large butterfly on her lower back.[3][4][5][6]

Case

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Her case has received widespread news coverage. Her husband, Craig Stebic, refused to talk to the police or to help in the investigation or search.[7][8] The local CBS affiliate (WBBM-TV) broadcast a video of a rival station's reporter Amy Jacobson at the Stebic home wearing a bikini.[9]

Jacobson, Craig Stebic's sister, Jill Webb, and her husband, Robert Webb, have all filed lawsuits against WBBM regarding airing of the video.[10] Craig Stebic has never been named a suspect by police, although he has been called "a person of interest" in his wife's disappearance.[7][11][12]

In October 2007, the FBI added pictures of Lisa and information about her disappearance to its kidnapped and missing persons website.[13] Stebic's photo and information were shown on national television at the end of the October 11, 2007, broadcast of Without A Trace, a CBS drama about an FBI missing-persons team in New York City and detailed the next morning on The Early Show.[14]

As of 2024, Stebic is still a missing person.[15][1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Lisa Michelle Stebic". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  2. ^ "Illinois Police Search for Missing Mom; Husband Thinks Someone Picked Her Up for Exercise Class". Fox News. 10 May 2007.
  3. ^ Lisa Stebic Vanishes, Without a Trace – Missing for Two Weeks Archived 2007-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Heartbreaking Stories: Missing Mothers In The Windy City". amw.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  5. ^ Nancy Grace Producer, Rupa Mikkilineni. "Woman tried to evict husband, disappeared". www.cnn.com.
  6. ^ "Husband of Missing Illinois Mom Files for Custody of 2 Kids; FBI Joins Search". Fox News. 11 May 2007.
  7. ^ a b "Police Name Craig Stebic "Person of Interest" in Wife's Disappearance]". www.crimelibrary.com.Archived 2007-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Tad Nelson on Fox News: Craig Stebic Case – Tad Nelson & Associates". tadnelsonlaw.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  9. ^ "Police investigating missing woman's husband – Police chief of Plainfield, Ill., tells Today that 'foul play' is suspected". msn.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-15.
  10. ^ "Stebic family suit: CBS reporting 'reckless'". chicagobreakingnews.com.
  11. ^ Janet Lundquist (July 12, 2007). "Cops say Stebic's husband is a 'person of interest'". suntimes.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2007.
  12. ^ Janet Lundquist (October 12, 2007). "Lisa Stebic's family loses hope". suntimes.com. Archived from the original on 2007-11-01.
  13. ^ Janet Lundquist (October 5, 2007). "FBI adds Lisa Stebic to web site". www.suburbanchicagonews.com.
  14. ^ Janet Lundquist (October 12, 2007). "Disappearance gets national exposure from FBI, TV shows". suntimes.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007.
  15. ^ "Six Years Ago, Lisa Stebic Left For A Run And Never Returned". cbslocal.com. April 30, 2013.
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