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Steve Koecher missing since 12/13/09! The family is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the resolution of the case.

6,614 5,557 December 19, 2009 at 09:13 PM in News (3)
His car was found abandoned in Henderson, NV at a 55 and over community, it had been there over 4 days.

Residents called the police when the car had been there for so long.

We have a rental house about 2 hours from Henderson & Steve has lived there for about a year.



I hope he is okay! It seems unreal that he is really missing.

Here is a link to his facebook with his pic. If anyone has any information please call.


http://www.facebook.com/people/St.../584718541

More pics:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14064989

Police are asking anyone with information regarding Koecher to contact the St. George Police Department at 627-4300 or the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at (702) 229-2907.

He has been on the news in Vegas and St. George. There are putting his pic on milk cartons sometime soon.

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Last Edited by Nikayla February 1, 2010 at 08:55 AM
Help Find Steven Facebook group, please join, lots more photo's here:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php...5335012614



Missing Person Flyer

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php...5335012614

http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma...201005786S



Timeline:

http://sites.google.com/site/para...echer-html



I copied this post from webslueths, it has the links to the video, the last time Steven was seen.

Quote from Naegle View quoted comment :
I'm sorry I haven't been posting replies. I'll try to get some in today.

I've never heard of the portfolio. Off the cuff I would say it was a resume. These links have been on the news so I feel ok posting them here. One of the white cars driving by is Steven's, then you see him walking down the street.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abSZetr42Gc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOZmHOhGJQc

I'm not sure where you all would dig, but you're the pros. Could you all look at craigs list or something and see if there's anything, job wise, that would appeal to Steven in the area of Henderson in the time range of November and the beginning of December? He's a communications major and has worked in the newspaper business. I don't think he would look for further work in window washing. I think that's just something to pay the bills, but anything is possible.
Reflective images of Steven in mini van window near mystery dark object, then standing in front of it. http://www.websleuths.com/forums/...tcount=497




Link to thread about Steve on websleuths:

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/...ost4705968


http://www.websleuths.com/forums/...stcount=91





Steve Koecher

The last time the neighbors saw Steve was 10:30 pm Saturday night (12/11/09). John across the street said saw Steve & his car there for about 20 or 30 min and he was gone by 10:30 pm.

Sunday morning (12/13/09) a friend from his church ward called him and ask if he could teach a lesson that day.

Steve answered and said that he was in Vegas but he could come back and teach if they couldn't find any one else.

That was the last time anyone heard from him or saw him.

On Thursday the Henderson police called Steve's parents because his car had been at a 55 and older community, since Sun, abandoned.

His parents filed missing persons on Friday and hired a PI.

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Nikayla
05-14-2011 at 09:58 AM.
05-14-2011 at 09:58 AM.
Quote from w3kn View quoted comment :
hug

It is crazy that the case is completely cold. I was hoping for your sake and his family's sake they find him one way or the other. I feel for his dad though - died without knowing for sure what happened. I guess he's with Steven now either way.
It is crazy, a lot of people feel there has to e something they missed in that neighborhood. As it is right now I guess his dad is the only one who knows what happened to Steven or where he is.
Quote from wllmjns93 View quoted comment :
That's where I saw this story. My only question is why was he in that neighborhood? I've been in that area and it's pretty remote. What the heck?

You said he was working on a payment plan with your DH. Do you know the deets?
That is the million dollar question, why was he there? Who was he meeting? He was and had been looking for work for a few months. He had a Linkdin acct and on it he listed NV as a place he was willing/looking to work. With the evidence on the surveillance camera and him arriving at such a precise time the best deduction was he had a meeting there with someone at noon, or he was meeting someone there. The only thing he was carrying looked to be a notebook sized portfolio or something and it seemed he knew right where he was going.

I don't think there was a specific payment plan set to catch up rent, just for him to pay as much as he could as soon as he could. He stopped answering DH calls so we went down to see if he moved out but all his things were there. The roommate however had bailed and that room was locked but empty.
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05-16-2011 at 06:39 PM.
05-16-2011 at 06:39 PM.
Quote from Nikayla View quoted comment :
That is the million dollar question, why was he there? Who was he meeting? He was and had been looking for work for a few months. He had a Linkdin acct and on it he listed NV as a place he was willing/looking to work. With the evidence on the surveillance camera and him arriving at such a precise time the best deduction was he had a meeting there with someone at noon, or he was meeting someone there. The only thing he was carrying looked to be a notebook sized portfolio or something and it seemed he knew right where he was going.

I don't think there was a specific payment plan set to catch up rent, just for him to pay as much as he could as soon as he could. He stopped answering DH calls so we went down to see if he moved out but all his things were there. The roommate however had bailed and that room was locked but empty.
Yeah, I've seen the video and he appears to wait in his car until noon. So that leads one to believe there is a meeting set up.

It's strange that he stopped answering your calls. Did you guys talk with him a lot?
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Quote from wllmjns93 View quoted comment :
Yeah, I've seen the video and he appears to wait in his car until noon. So that leads one to believe there is a meeting set up.

It's strange that he stopped answering your calls. Did you guys talk with him a lot?
Not that strange he stopped answering DH calls. Renters seem to always stop answering calls if they get behind on rent. I never called him, DH manages the rentals. I am not sure exactly how often they talked, sometimes just a few times a month sometimes a lot more than that. It just depended what was going on like roommates moving in or out, appliance problems, etc.
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05-17-2011 at 12:45 PM.
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Quote from Nikayla View quoted comment :
Not that strange he stopped answering DH calls. Renters seem to always stop answering calls if they get behind on rent. I never called him, DH manages the rentals. I am not sure exactly how often they talked, sometimes just a few times a month sometimes a lot more than that. It just depended what was going on like roommates moving in or out, appliance problems, etc.
Ugh. And this is why I wouldn't be a good landlord!
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08-19-2011 at 12:01 PM.
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Quote from HollyGolightly View quoted comment :
Oh wow. Susan Powell's husband, Josh, is claiming that Susan might have run off with Steven. He thinks they ran off to Brazil - where Steven previously visited on a mission.

Steven parents aren't buying it. They said that although Steven had recently obtained a passport - the passport was found in a drawer.
Whistling http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08...k3%7C87757
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09-25-2011 at 12:26 PM.
09-25-2011 at 12:26 PM.
Quote from Nikayla View quoted comment :
His car was found abandoned in Henderson, NV at a 55 and over community, it had been there over 4 days.

Residents called the police when the car had been there for so long.

We have a rental house about 2 hours from Henderson & Steve has lived there for about a year.



I hope he is okay! It seems unreal that he is really missing.

Here is a link to his facebook with his pic. If anyone has any information please call.


http://www.facebook.com/people/St.../584718541

More pics:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14064989

Police are asking anyone with information regarding Koecher to contact the St. George Police Department at 627-4300 or the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at (702) 229-2907.

He has been on the news in Vegas and St. George. There are putting his pic on milk cartons sometime soon.

I seen Disappeared on ID TV and my heart just went out to this family, I was wondering if they ever thought of using a Psychic to find him? There are plenty of Psychics out there and they should find one who has worked with the Police before asking one for help. It can't hurt and it could help. This could help. I would tell them but I do not know how to contact them. All they would have to do is send the Psychic a picture but do not tell them anything about case it could cloud their judgement. Frown This case is so sad. May God Bless this family.
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09-28-2011 at 09:34 AM.
09-28-2011 at 09:34 AM.
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I seen Disappeared on ID TV and my heart just went out to this family, I was wondering if they ever thought of using a Psychic to find him? There are plenty of Psychics out there and they should find one who has worked with the Police before asking one for help. It can't hurt and it could help. This could help. I would tell them but I do not know how to contact them. All they would have to do is send the Psychic a picture but do not tell them anything about case it could cloud their judgment. Frown This case is so sad. May God Bless this family.
There has been extensive discussion about Psychic help on his Face Book page:

Help us find Steven Kosher

I don't think the ones who have contacted the family have helped.

I keep hoping Steven's story will make the news again here. Especially since there has been a lot of recent coverage on the Susan Powell case with the arrest of her father in law and her husbands loss of custody of their boys. I don't think one case has anything to do with the other but at one time Susan's husband did claim that Susan and Steven ran off together.
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09-28-2011 at 09:42 AM.
09-28-2011 at 09:42 AM.
It's too weird that he's simply vanished.

Have you kept up with his mother lately Nikayla? I know his dad is now gone.
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09-28-2011 at 10:07 AM.
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Quote from w3kn View quoted comment :
It's too weird that he's simply vanished.

Have you kept up with his mother lately Nikayla? I know his dad is now gone.
We have been reading the Face Book page when there are new posts a few times a week but other than that have heard nothing.
On the FB page people keep speculating that there has to be something they missed in the neighborhood when it first happened. Which was my thoughts too. That there was a suspicious house but the occupants have since moved. I never heard why or what was suspicious though.
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02-03-2012 at 12:33 PM.
Still no news on Steven Koecher but saw this today on the Susan Powell children.
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Judge denies custody to Josh Powell

TACOMA, Wash. —
A Washington judge has ruled that the children of missing Utah mother Susan Powell must remain in the custody of her parents. The judge further says she won't consider returning the two boys to their father, Josh Powell, until he undergoes a psycho-sexual evaluation.

Powell has been attempting to regain custody.

The children have been living with Chuck and Judy Cox since Josh Powell's father Steven was arrested on child porn and voyeurism charges last fall. On Wednesday, Pierce County Superior Court Judge Kathryn Nelson sided with an assistant attorney general, who urged her to order the evaluation as a safety precaution.

Nelson had noted the "extreme child porn" found in the Puyallup, Wash., home where Josh was living with the two boys and his father after Susan's disappearance. Josh Powell's lawyer Jeffrey Bassett argued against the evaluation, saying no questionable images had been proven to belong to his client.

The judge continued Powell's twice weekly supervised visits with the boys.

Susan Powell vanished in December 2009 at age 28.

http://www.kirotv.com/ap/ap/crime...ell/nHRXP/
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That poor girl. It sounds like she married into a horrible family.
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02-05-2012 at 02:35 PM.
Quote from Zoe Moon View quoted comment :
Still no news on Steven Koecher but saw this today on the Susan Powell children.
Josh Powell killed them!


He killed his children & killed himself.

That effin bastard!


Link: http://www.fox13now.com/live/
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02-05-2012 at 03:00 PM.
I just read that! I am so pissed!
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02-05-2012 at 03:12 PM.
This is just so screwed up. Those poor kids and her parents. I feel so sorry for them. Sadwalk



Better link, Holly's isn't working for me.
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Graham Deputy Fire Chief Gary Franz said the explosion occurred moments after a Child Protective Services worker brought the two boys to the home for a supervised visit.

He said Powell let the boys in the house, then blocked the social worker from entering. The social worker called her supervisors to report that she could smell gas, and the home exploded.


Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire and discovered the bodies. The home was completely destroyed.

A lawyer for Josh Powell told the Associated Press he received a three-word email from his client just minutes before the explosion. It said, "I'm sorry, goodbye."
http://www.nwcn.com/news/Josh-Powells-home-explodes-two-bodies-found-inside-138747519.html
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02-05-2012 at 03:40 PM.
02-05-2012 at 03:40 PM.
OMG. What a total piece of crap. "I can't have control therefore no one that I 'love' can live." Her poor family. They lost their daughter and now their grandchildren. Down
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