Disappearance of Lisa Stebic
American missing person
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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]
Plainfield, Illinois
Lisa Michelle Stebic | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 19, 1969 Illinois, United States |
| Disappeared | April 30, 2007 (aged 37) Plainfield, Illinois |
| Status | Missing for 18 years, 10 months and 15 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
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[update], Stebic is still a missing person.[15][1]