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Craig Stebic
May 21, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Husband claims blood found in back of his truck is from a deer he killed while hunting deer in the UP of Michigan back in April.
Deer hunting season in Michigan runs from October thru December. Not April.
Somebody tell Barney and Andy at Plainfield police headquarters to slap the cuffs on this dude now !
May 24, 2007 at 12:41 pm
I totally agree with Glenn! The Lisa Stebic case reminds me of the Scott and Laci Petersen case in Modesto, California. In my opinion, Craig Stebic IS GUILTY AS HELL! Watch him closely and do not let him get away.
A Concerned American,
John
May 30, 2007 at 8:25 am
CRAIG IS DEFINATELY GUILTY. HE’S ABUSED LISA FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS!
June 21, 2007 at 10:47 am
I don’t understand why so many people are outraged by the Vaughn family murders and not this missing woman. This case has made me sick since day one and it’s now starting to really fizzle. Lisa deserves just as much justice as the poor Vaughn family. Craig murdered her and now he seems to be getting away with it. What’s the matter with Will county police, do they suck that bad? Get what you need to convict these guys. Craig gets to live life, breath and see his kids… WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 21, 2007 at 11:08 am
I have been following this case since day one. So is this the new fad now? Instead of divorce, just kill OR have your significant other killed? I believe he did kill beautiful Lisa. God bless her. I hope they get the evidence they need to lock him up for good. I’m not buying the whole “deer hunting” story either. Please bring this coward to justice. He needs to pay for what he’s done.
June 25, 2007 at 10:59 am
what about lisa? you don’t think she threatened her husband? she obviously told him she was going to take his money, his home, their kids (his rights as a father will be diminished to those of “visitor”)…those are threats people! she was planning on killing him…slowly and painfully. the court system will allow her to do it. all the woman has to do is mention abuse, afraid for her safety, etc. these are the standard weapons divorcing women use against their husbands and the courts always side with the woman. when the courts start treating men fairly and equally in divorce you will not see this kind of tragedy.
if lisa was so concerned about the safety of the children why would she leave them in the husbands care every night so she could go “workout”? is any one surprised that now it comes out that she was seeing another man? pretty obvious what kind of “working out” she was doing.
evidently craig was the one who filed for divorce. i’ll lay 10 to 1 it’s because she was cheating.
my point to this whole thing is that the divorce courts create this kind of unhappy ending.
June 25, 2007 at 11:12 am
Stu p,
Ok, so she wanted a divorce. So gee, why not kill her? That way, she won’t get my money, the house, or my kids. If your married with children and your wife wants a divorce, are you going to kill her? I don’t think the child courts have any bearing on this case. I know a few divorced parents, and the father’s have sole custody of the children. From the comments you just made, it seems you know her personally. Yes???
June 25, 2007 at 11:12 am
That DOES NOT excuse murder……And sure as hell doenst not excuse him shooting the kids. One time for the wife and two times for each child.
June 25, 2007 at 11:51 am
shauncey,
who knows if she wanted a divorced..HE is the one who filed. the men that have custody that you know are the very rare exception to the rule. i believe that the children need their mother but most women think all that is required from the father is $$child support and alimony$$ and when they take the man’s life (his kids and money) it makes him mad enough to harm her. of course there’s no excuse to murder the woman, my point is that this is how mad she made the guy. we don’t hear anything negative about lisa because she is the one missing…i guarantee she was no angel. instead of just pointing the finger at craig and saying put him in jail let’s look at what made him do it…looks to me like he did it even tho nothing has been proven yet.
June 25, 2007 at 11:51 am
amy,
what’s that about him shooting the kids?
June 25, 2007 at 11:55 am
Stu. p., I think Amy got her stories mixed up a little bit.
If he did it, it doesn’t matter how mad she made him. We are in control of our actions regardless of how far we’re pushed to do something.
June 25, 2007 at 11:59 am
Melissa,
I did……… I hit the wrong post..Sorry stu p
June 25, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Melissa,
Your right. It doesn’t matter how MAD she made him, so what. And stu p, fathers are entitled to joint physical custody of their children. It just depends on how many hours the parents are working, etc. The woman does not automatically get the house and children. I don’t understand your logic. I know women who pay child support, and the father got the house AND KIDS. This is not so rare anymore. You say her making him mad is no excuse to kill her, yet your making excuses for him killing her. It doesn’t matter what made him do it. Do you know how many people would be in jail if it was ok to murder someone out of anger? I’d sure as hell be in a cell right now!! It’s no excuse, and MURDER is not excuseable.
June 25, 2007 at 12:56 pm
melissa,
people can’t always control themselves like they should…that’s why they have that “heat of passion” defense in some crimes…i’m not trying to make excuses for the guy. if he did it he needs to take responsibility for his actions. the worst punishment will be growing up with his kids knowing that their father killed their mother…
June 25, 2007 at 12:59 pm
SHAUNCEY,
the father getting the kids is still absolutely rare…unless the mom is a drug addict or something. what planet you living on?
June 25, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Stu p.,
I live here on Earth. It is NOT rare these days for a father to get custody of thieir kids. Where have you been for the last 10 years?
June 25, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Stu p,
Shauncey is right… years ago women won most custody cases. Today men are suing for custody and winning( if they are holding down a good job, not abusing the kids, and not partying all the time). Maybe it is rare because most men would rather be able to enjoy freedom than to take their ex to court. Only the good men, the mature men, sue for custody. Lets face it there is not that many of those kinds of men around. Granted there is more now versus 10 yrs ago.
For any father in here that has put there kids first I applaud you for being a man. For the ones that have custody have their kids, I wish you luck being a single father. I use to be a single mother and it is hard.
June 25, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Stu p.,
I have a personal question, and you can choose not to answer (of course). If you were (or are) married with children and you and your wife decided on divorce, would you want full, physical custody of your kids, or would you be satisfied with half? If they did live with you full-time, wouldn’t you want the house?
June 25, 2007 at 2:02 pm
i just looked up the stats for 2007…women get the kids 85% of the time…even if it was 80% like some report, that’s still huge odds in favor of the woman in my book.
June 25, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Stu p,
But like Amy said, alot of fathers prefer their freedom to child rearing. Sometimes, the father doesn’t have their shit together. (this could go both ways) There is a SMALL percentage of men that want full physical custody of their chikdren. Alot find it too challenging. Were you going to answer my questions. I’m just curious. YOUR answer is based on the stats!
June 25, 2007 at 2:11 pm
of course i would want full physical custody…yeah you may sacrifice your freedoms while the kids are growing up but in the long run it’s well worth it.
the stebic case gets a bit more complicated when it comes to the house if they owe $313,000 and it’s only worth $280,000 or so…
June 25, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Shauncey,
you have any experience with todays teenage generation? the “entitlement” generation or whatever you call it…the kids have no responsibility, no work ethic, and think everything ought to be handed to them…that’s what the custodial mothers have produced.
June 25, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Stu p,
Not in all cases. I have a 16 yr. old son. He has a summer job that he started TODAY. He gets good grades. He plays football AND basketball and is going to college, hopefully with a full basketball schlorship. His goal is to go to the NBA. I raised him without his father, and no, it was NOT easy. It still isn’t. You get out of parenthood what you put in.
June 25, 2007 at 3:14 pm
shauncey,
good job on your son…glad to see he has some goals. where’s the father? he paid child support right?
June 26, 2007 at 6:19 pm
IF CRAIG DID IT SHE IS EITHER IN A LAKE WITH STEEL WEIGHTS (OR A RIVER) AND SHE WILL SHOW UP OR IN A SHALLOW GRAVE IN MICHIGAN, AND HIS KIDS WILL FIGURE OUT WHERE TO LOOK
July 3, 2007 at 10:20 pm
I LIVED IN PLAINFIELD FOR SEVEN YEARS ,AND I DID SEE THEM AT A STORE NEAR BY SHOPPING. HE WAS YELLING AT LISA I REMBER WOW THAT GUY IS MEAN HE LOOK AT ME WITH EYES THAT CAN KILL I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT LOOK HE GAVE ME. SO YES I DO THINK HE COULD OF HURT HER . IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THE TRUTH TO COME OUT SO FOR LISA TWO KIDS MOMS DON`T LEAVE LIKE THAT NOT YOUR MOM.LEAVE IT IN GODS HANDS.(JUST LIKE BROWNS CHICKEN CASE IT MAY TAKE YEARS BUT IT WILL COME OUT HE MIGHT OF HAD HELP HOW DO YOU SLEEP NOING SOMTHING SO WRONG. DON`T WORRY THERE IS A GOD YOU WILL SEE .
July 12, 2007 at 9:13 am
I see that the investigators found Lisa’s blood in his car. Well, I wonder how long it will take to charge him. With blood being found in the car and no signs of lisa anywhere, the DA’s office can file murder charges against him. You dont need a body to do that as long as you have evidence of foul play. No body cases happen all the time and can be, with the right amount of evidence, tried and possibly a conviction.
July 14, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Ok, Stevie Wonder can see this guy is guilty. I saw on Nancy Grace the other day that the husband refuses to let police investigators talk to the children. Those are not the actions of an innocent person. An innocent person COOPERATES with the police when a loved one goes missing, or is killed. I’ll said it again, I think he killed Lisa. But I think it’s just a matter of time before the law gets him. I just hope they do it before he leaves the country!
July 18, 2007 at 1:25 pm
stu p.
sounds to me like you’ve got some deep seeded hatred for women and the way you’re making excuses for mr. stebic, it almost sounds like you’re defending yourself! have you got a little personal experience in this type of situation? maybe police should be looking at you to solve some coldcase file! take it from me buddy…YOU NEED SOME HELP!
August 9, 2007 at 5:50 pm
This may seem an odd question but have the police checked the cemetarys? There is the Risen Cemetary and the Plainfield Township Cemetary.
August 14, 2007 at 3:48 pm
I can see Stu’s point.
Basically, I was married for 12 years, worked 2 jobs to put a roof over our head, and provide a nice life for my family. My ex-wife was having sex with the single guy next door while I was at work. I went to court during the divorce and they took my home, my cars, my 2 wonderful kids and my dog and gave it all to the ex. Two months later, she married the guy from next door. They sold my house and made a nice profit. I make around $40,000 a year. She gets $1000 a month in child support and the government gets $8000 a year in taxes. She gets to deduct the kids on her taxes, I don’. If you add that up, it leaves me $20,000 a year to live on.
Since that time, she moved 2500 miles away with the new hubby. I can’t afford to take off to visit (yes visit) my kids. I basically have nothing left but a hatred for women and the system. I wish I had killed my ex., jail would not be as bad as the life she left me with.
August 23, 2007 at 10:00 pm
This can go either way you know. I was married for 5 years, I worked nights full time and then got up after 3 hours of sleep with my two kids while the hubby slept in (and he didn’t work), did ALL the household stuff, etc. Then he skipped the state, stole my mother’s car and took my 3 year old with him to meet some girl he met on line that same day. I left him the house and what was left in the bank account. I got full custody and was “awarded” child support but I haven’t seen a penny of the $$ in years and he hasn’t seen his kids in years (by his choice). So I was a single mom with 2 kids that have medical problems and had no additional income and I was FINE with that. The money would be nice but I’m an independent person and he’s the one losing out in the long run. I’m now remarried to a wonderful man my kids call “Dad” out of choice. He’s the only dad they know. They are being raised to appreciate money and know it’s not handed to you. I still support the entire family on my $25,000 a year. When, and if, the state ever finds my ex and makes him pay all the back support it’ll go towards college or be invested for their retirement.
I worked 2 jobs through high school and college, had a great social life and excellent grades and know the value of work (and my parents didn’t make me work, I chose to)…and so will my children. As far as I’m concerned it’s just a matter of values. The single moms that live off of alimony and child support aren’t teaching their children a thing about the “real world” as far as I’m concerned.
Basically, what I’m saying is that people make their own choices that they have to live with. Tom, most states allow child support cases to be “revisited”…you want to see your kids more then fight for them. It’s sad that you’d have to but they need to know that their biological father wants to see them more. Cause I guarantee they are probably being told otherwise. Even if the courts make her fly the kids out to you during the summer and Christmas break…wouldn’t it be worth it? Don’t hate all women though…we aren’t all that vindictive and money hungry:0) There’s just a few out there that make the rest of us look bad!
August 29, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Hi, I haven’t really read the above. Just wanted to let someone know what I saw. I live in South Africa – whilst trying to sleep I kept getting this vision of a woman with black hair and she was really angry. I’d open my eyes and she’d be gone then it’d happen again. I knew she looked familiar but couldn’t figure out where I’d seen her. Then on the way home from work the next day the name Lisa Stebic popped into my head. The whole way home I was getting information. I have no idea if any of it is correct – I don’t want to read anything on her as I don’t want to compromise what I am getting. Basically she said that she is really angry cause Craig thinks he is getting away with this. She said that he goes into rages and admittedly she brings it out in him. She said that he hit her from behind and drove her somewhere and then strangled her. She said that she has two tattoos, I think one is a butterfly and the other a curley thing at the base of her back. She said that she loves cold beer and that she enjoyed the occasional smoke. She looks at food and gains weight, loves to work out so she can eat and destress. If I get anything else I will write again.
September 17, 2007 at 2:30 pm
what do you see about natalee holloway?
October 29, 2007 at 7:28 pm
I’ve been watching the information pile up on this case. I am not part of any law enforcement agency yet, but I have to say, the blood along with his actions are quite useful, but not as evidence. So far what I read about this is:
Blood found in car (is there a DNA test on this?)
And his reluctance of helping police.
Well, that and he just claimed (or is trying) custody of his children.
If I were to place my two cents, it sounds as if he had a fight with the victim about divorce, she tried leaving and taking kids, and blamo, no more victim.
Taking the kids is an action that seems suspicious, but not allowing them to even talk to the victim’s family or police is just really suspscious. From what it looks like, eventually the police are going to find some hard evidence, but it isn’t here yet. I mean, there is a ‘person of interest’ and possible ‘motive’. They just need evidence.
If the guy did do it, he sure is making a lot of lucky decisions.
December 3, 2007 at 7:07 am
Hello All,
Shauncey, Amy, Stu.P, Tom,Jen,
You all are right at your point, but perhaps, husband and wife are once lovers, right?I think, even coz by irreconcilable situation, instead of finding out who is wrong, who is right, may be both party has own weak point, so in lieu of fighting, blaming, or killing each other, should it be less hatred goodbye and part with forgiveness to once lover, as if this sort of tragedy comes out, who will be the most suffered person? The innocent kids, am I right? They will lose dear daddy and mummy as well, so both dad and mum should consider innocent kids’ lives before doing inerasable matter. I believe that time can cure all anguishes.
February 4, 2008 at 6:37 pm
I have a lot of friends, im very socially inclined just to let you know and daddies never have custody because they’re usually off doing something else and rarely want the kids, but i do have some where dads care…maybe that explains your statistics, also, where are your stats from? you cant trust everything you hear:)
… my moms the rich one though with the education and she doesnt get child support from the divorce….but my dads fighting for the house she paid for in court lol, he clearly stated in court “I don’t want the kids, I just want the money and the house” ahem…
no need to hate women because of stereotypes media, the commericals, religion or your silly experiences…
Anyway thats not my point!
My point is stop hating women stu p…everyones different, no one inferior, no one superior…and think about missing lisa stebic and the kids who will suffer, mommies are great :’(
a murderer daddy? not so great….
September 19, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Stu- You sound like a man who has been done wrong by a woman. There is documented evidence from family, friends, even police that Lisa was in an abusive marriage. He tried in everyway to controll her, even after filing for divorce he refused to move out of the marital home. He stayed there to apply salt to the wound each & every day. It became like a powder keg inside that house.
He wanted Lisa to just pack her bags & leave taking nothing else with her & he wanted full custody of the 2 children, the house, the marital money. Craig feels like if you don’t want me I’ll make you sorry. But the day Lisa filed papers to have him legally removed from the home, Craig gave the kids some cash & they left the house. When the kids returned Lisa was gone, vanished into thin air without leaving any trail whatsoever.
Lisa adored her children, she was very close with her siblings yet they have never heard from her! I often wonder if Lisa is placed under the bushes in her own backyard. Craig has always said he was working in backyard the last time he saw her. Stranger things have happened in murder cases.
Did law enforcement ever search the yard or just in the house? John Wayne Gacy hid the bodies in the dirt under his homes crawl space for years. He had access to it from a trap door in a closet. Another man who was married with children but living on the down low killed his homosexual lovers & hid them in graves all around his huge home & large lot. It took years to catch up with him too. I think he was a dentist. Sometimes the best place to hide something is right under their nose & close by.
These are just my opinions folks.
April 22, 2009 at 9:16 am
Tom,
I know it’s 2 yrs later, but listen. Only a very honest person can admit that they wished they would’ve killed their wife. I respect your honestly. I also respect that thats how you FELT, but you didn’t act on it. Of course thats messed up that while your out earning a living to take care of your family your “wife” is out boinking the neighbor. But thats HER shame, not yours. You have to believe that karma is a stone-cold bitch. Now, I know you miss your children, but the law says you can and will be a part of their lives. Is it fair that after cheating and destroying your family that she gets to keep the children? No, but lifes not fair. You have to believe that you are worthy, and another woman will be lucky to have you. I’m glad you didn’t kill your wife Tom. Your better than that. And your children know your better than that. God has good things in store for you.