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 | May 19, 1969 Illinois, United States |
| Disappeared | April 30, 2007 (aged 37) Plainfield, Illinois |
| Status | Missing for 17 years, 5 months and 26 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
editHer 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[update], Stebic is still a missing person.[15][1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Lisa Michelle Stebic". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- ^ "Illinois Police Search for Missing Mom; Husband Thinks Someone Picked Her Up for Exercise Class". Fox News. 10 May 2007.
- ^ Lisa Stebic Vanishes, Without a Trace – Missing for Two Weeks Archived 2007-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Heartbreaking Stories: Missing Mothers In The Windy City". amw.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
- ^ Nancy Grace Producer, Rupa Mikkilineni. "Woman tried to evict husband, disappeared". www.cnn.com.
- ^ "Husband of Missing Illinois Mom Files for Custody of 2 Kids; FBI Joins Search". Fox News. 11 May 2007.
- ^ a b "Police Name Craig Stebic "Person of Interest" in Wife's Disappearance]". www.crimelibrary.com.Archived 2007-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Stebic family suit: CBS reporting 'reckless'". chicagobreakingnews.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Janet Lundquist (October 12, 2007). "Lisa Stebic's family loses hope". suntimes.com. Archived from the original on 2007-11-01.
- ^ Janet Lundquist (October 5, 2007). "FBI adds Lisa Stebic to web site". www.suburbanchicagonews.com.
- ^ Janet Lundquist (October 12, 2007). "Disappearance gets national exposure from FBI, TV shows". suntimes.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007.
- ^ "Six Years Ago, Lisa Stebic Left For A Run And Never Returned". cbslocal.com. April 30, 2013.