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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.

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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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02-05-2012 at 04:24 PM.
02-05-2012 at 04:24 PM.
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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
OMG I just found this out from you peeps! OMG
Haven't looked at the news in days, have had unexpected company etc for my great aunt who passed. I will miss her but am proud to carry on her name which I also gave to my daughter. We both have the same middle name.

What a total sorry excuse for a human being, if he ever even was one. No1 It makes me think he was about to be caught for killing Susan and new it.

I feel sick, this is really upsetting me as I am sure it is many of you guys.


And to speak of Steven, there is still nothing new that I can tell Frown His episode of Dissapeared has aired around the world and there are many people posting on his FB page of prayers and hope Steven and for his family.
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02-05-2012 at 04:32 PM.
02-05-2012 at 04:32 PM.
So horrific. Frown
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02-05-2012 at 05:28 PM.
02-05-2012 at 05:28 PM.
Quote from Nikayla View quoted comment :
OMG I just found this out from you peeps! OMG
Haven't looked at the news in days, have had unexpected company etc for my great aunt who passed. I will miss her but am proud to carry on her name which I also gave to my daughter. We both have the same middle name.

What a total sorry excuse for a human being, if he ever even was one. No1 It makes me think he was about to be caught for killing Susan and new it.

I feel sick, this is really upsetting me as I am sure it is many of you guys.


And to speak of Steven, there is still nothing new that I can tell Frown His episode of Dissapeared has aired around the world and there are many people posting on his FB page of prayers and hope Steven and for his family.
Sorry about your auntie. hug Godspeed to her on her journey home.

Really? I hadn't heard that the investigation had progressed. But I probably pay more attention to Steve's story because of your connection to him, NikNik. I just took it as more of a control issue. The judge didn't let him have his way so he made sure no one else was going to be happy.
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02-05-2012 at 06:08 PM.
I've always thought that he was probably naively lured in by a work related type bait. And then fell prey to some sort of weirdo, Jeffrey Dahmer type. I have no factual basis for this just a thought. And just to argue with myself, why weren't there any emails, phone records etc to support this idea? In fact, as much as it seems he was there to meet someone at noon, why do no communication records support this?
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02-05-2012 at 06:47 PM.
02-05-2012 at 06:47 PM.
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Sorry about your auntie. hug Godspeed to her on her journey home.

Really? I hadn't heard that the investigation had progressed. But I probably pay more attention to Steve's story because of your connection to him, NikNik. I just took it as more of a control issue. The judge didn't let him have his way so he made sure no one else was going to be happy.
Thank you hug Oh yeah, the last on the news was a while ago and the law enforcement went all out to search an area where there were a lot of mines and mine shafts. I don't think there has been anything since then. Both DH and I thought if that was where he had put her they may never find her. I think your right on the control aspect Frown
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I've always thought that he was probably naively lured in by a work related type bait. And then fell prey to some sort of weirdo, Jeffrey Dahmer type. I have no factual basis for this just a thought. And just to argue with myself, why weren't there any emails, phone records etc to support this idea? In fact, as much as it seems he was there to meet someone at noon, why do no communication records support this?
I think that is the million dollar question right there. In the video right before he disappeared he did have some kind of folder or portfolio with him, maybe that was the only place it was written. But everyone agrees it is weird there was no type of phone, email, or communication they found that led him to where he vanished from. To meet someone there for a noon time meeting they had to have arranged the meeting somehow.
But I do wonder, his roommate was not so good a person, and has since moved and vanished himself. He could have arranged for Steve to meet someone, or some acquaintance that no one knew Steven had known. Like maybe someone he met while handing out fliers etc. They could have told him, hey my buddy is hiring I'll call him for you, you can set up a interview etc...

That is what makes it all the more suspicious to me, that he was set up. If someone had intended him harm then they would have made sure he did not use his personal email or phone that could be eventually traced.
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02-05-2012 at 07:03 PM.
02-05-2012 at 07:03 PM.
Quote from Nikayla View quoted comment :
I think that is the million dollar question right there. In the video right before he disappeared he did have some kind of folder or portfolio with him, maybe that was the only place it was written. But everyone agrees it is weird there was no type of phone, email, or communication they found that led him to where he vanished from. To meet someone there for a noon time meeting they had to have arranged the meeting somehow.
But I do wonder, his roommate was not so good a person, and has since moved and vanished himself. He could have arranged for Steve to meet someone, or some acquaintance that no one knew Steven had known. Like maybe someone he met while handing out fliers etc. They could have told him, hey my buddy is hiring I'll call him for you, you can set up a interview etc...

That is what makes it all the more suspicious to me, that he was set up. If someone had intended him harm then they would have made sure he did not use his personal email or phone that could be eventually traced.
I went over and read the FB page for the first time in awhile.

A couple of thoughts on this...

You can catch a lot more flies with honey than you can with vinegar (regarding the admin of that page.) I'm pretty sure she is wrong when she says there has never been a documented case of the police using a psychic. If it were me, I would use every available means possible. But at least, try not to be so negative to posts on the page, repetitive or otherwise.

Also, this was probably on the show, but it's been awhile since I watched it, but I did see that he had not internet at your place. So he went to the library to use the internet there. That might explain why his online communications were difficult to track.

But I really think your theory bears the most probability. Is the roommate missing for certain or is it more like people have lost track of his whereabouts since he moves so much?
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02-05-2012 at 08:12 PM.
Quote from hawaiiandawn View quoted comment :
I went over and read the FB page for the first time in awhile.

A couple of thoughts on this...

You can catch a lot more flies with honey than you can with vinegar (regarding the admin of that page.) I'm pretty sure she is wrong when she says there has never been a documented case of the police using a psychic. If it were me, I would use every available means possible. But at least, try not to be so negative to posts on the page, repetitive or otherwise.

Also, this was probably on the show, but it's been awhile since I watched it, but I did see that he had not internet at your place. So he went to the library to use the internet there. That might explain why his online communications were difficult to track.

But I really think your theory bears the most probability. Is the roommate missing for certain or is it more like people have lost track of his whereabouts since he moves so much?
The roommate is not missing as in a missing person, he just moved away rather quickly and was not very cooperative with the investigation. But not enough to appear suspicious I guess. Apparently he has moved several times and out of state as well.

Neither renter had internet services at the house so they both had to go elsewhere to use the Internet.

There used to be family members as admins on Steven's page but they could no longer handle it, just to heartbreaking for them.
There were some pretty fierce people posting on there that would not stop. One of whom insisted 100% that he met/saw Steven and then talked to the police about it. He said Steven was fine and just did not want to be found so the cops etc couldn't let on that Steven was alive and well because Steven didn't want any one to know. He swore there was a cover up of some kind.

The other person was constantly spamming about physics and wouldn't let up. I don't think it is on the page anymore but there have been all kinds of physics that contacted the family with leads etc. none of the info let to anything at all.

Then there was a lot of speculation and arguing about the Susan Powell case and Steven's case. Pages and pages of it that did nothing for either case. It just made the page messy, annoying, and distracted from the purpose of Steven's page. Which is to tell his story and put his picture out there so that there are more eyes out there looking for him.

It got so out of control that the family almost shut the page down. This new admin is a family friend and took control for them and cleaned it all up. She is pretty strict and blunt but it is the only thing that has kept the page cleaned up and under control.
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The Daily Mail has posted quite a big article on this. Just in case anyone wants a more detailed account. I haven't read it yet, so don't know what all it contains. It's bedtime here. wave


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/a...-sons.html
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The Daily Mail has posted quite a big article on this. Just in case anyone wants a more detailed account. I haven't read it yet, so don't know what all it contains. It's bedtime here. wave


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/a...-sons.html
Wasn't that guy a Lounger back in the day?
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Wasn't that guy a Lounger back in the day?
Same name, different guy. SD's Josh was a kid when he started on SD and is now in his early 20's.
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Same name, different guy. SD's Josh was a kid when he started on SD and is now in his early 20's.
OK, I thought the name looked familiar.
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Same name, different guy. SD's Josh was a kid when he started on SD and is now in his early 20's.
Don't ya hate it when you end up sharing the same name as a murderer.

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Today one of the family's lawyers said that 7-year-old Charlie 'talked about that they went camping and that Mommy was in the trunk. Mom and Dad got out of the car and Mom disappeared.'
'They were beginning to verbalize more,' lawyer Steve Downing, speaking for Susan's parents who had custody of the children.
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Quote from Nikayla View quoted comment :
The roommate is not missing as in a missing person, he just moved away rather quickly and was not very cooperative with the investigation. But not enough to appear suspicious I guess. Apparently he has moved several times and out of state as well.

Neither renter had internet services at the house so they both had to go elsewhere to use the Internet.

There used to be family members as admins on Steven's page but they could no longer handle it, just to heartbreaking for them.
There were some pretty fierce people posting on there that would not stop. One of whom insisted 100% that he met/saw Steven and then talked to the police about it. He said Steven was fine and just did not want to be found so the cops etc couldn't let on that Steven was alive and well because Steven didn't want any one to know. He swore there was a cover up of some kind.

The other person was constantly spamming about physics and wouldn't let up. I don't think it is on the page anymore but there have been all kinds of physics that contacted the family with leads etc. none of the info let to anything at all.

Then there was a lot of speculation and arguing about the Susan Powell case and Steven's case. Pages and pages of it that did nothing for either case. It just made the page messy, annoying, and distracted from the purpose of Steven's page. Which is to tell his story and put his picture out there so that there are more eyes out there looking for him.

It got so out of control that the family almost shut the page down. This new admin is a family friend and took control for them and cleaned it all up. She is pretty strict and blunt but it is the only thing that has kept the page cleaned up and under control.
I feel sorry for both Steven and Susan for having things go off in that tangent.. Thanks to Josh and his loser pedo father - trying to float the idea that she ran off with him.. GMAB.. I was just going over the previous interviews Josh's father gave and all the wild theories those two scumbags came up with.. Mad

I still hope that Steven is alive.. The very best outcome would be that he ran away of his own freewill.. I still believe that is possible.. People HAVE been known to do that - like Nicholas Francisco and Matthew Wilson (a Rice University student)... It sounds odd but sometimes feel so much pressure and just need to get away...

Sadly statistics aren't on his side and there's a good chance that he's no longer alive. Frown

Quote from Zoe Moon View quoted comment :
Same name, different guy. SD's Josh was a kid when he started on SD and is now in his early 20's.
EEK! Can you imagine a SDer being involved in something like this? EEK!

Quote from Nikayla View quoted comment :
Don't ya hate it when you end up sharing the same name as a murderer.
It's horrible.. Josh killed her.. 95% of the people paying attention to the case knew it.. but there was no way to prove it.. Now two innocents are dead! They suffered enough - having their mommy ripped away from them..

Josh Powell is the lowest of the low.. and I hope that perverted sicko father of his - never gets out of prison.. He's being held in jail for his sick, perverted child porn charges.. I hope he gets 30 years and dies in jail. I think he knows exactly what happened to Susan and where her body is located at..but that scumbag will never tell.. Ugh.. Mad Frown Mad
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They really shouldn't have released the autopsy findings. Sadwalk
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Extremely sad..
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